On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 12:16 PM, John Vandenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Sarah Ewart<[email protected]> wrote: > > Before non-members can edit the WM-AU website, a new resolution from > the committee would be needed. I agree the we would need committee support and a resolution changing our website management and setting up a structure and process to facilitate management of non-member editing. But it's worth noting that we do currently have one or two non-members with accounts who got their accounts in the early days, so I'm not sure that it's strictly true to say that a non-member can't edit without a new resolution. > > However, I feel that Brianna raised some important issues with regard to > > members v non-members editing that can't just be cast aside. > > > Brianna's suggestion is feasible, if a committee is willing to take on > the extra work involved in managing the new account requests. As > there is no monetary disincentive, the process of accepting > non-members would require verification of wiki-identity where > applicable; there are plenty of people who would love to waste our > time in order to have a few lulz. And as these users will not be > members, there will be no compensation for time and effort of whoever > is handling new non-member account setup. Just to clarify my comment that I thought the issues Brianna raised were important and shouldn't be swept away by advocates of unrestricted editing, as that seems to be what you're responding to here, I was referring to the Brianna's concerns about undue influence from non-members, delineating members space, etc. I wasn't commenting on the suggested compromise at the end of her email. I remain unconvinced there is really a need for loosening up editing access that would justify spending anymore time on this and I really feel there are more important priorities at this point. But it would be nice to have a page maybe like the Wikichix contact page ( http://wikichix.org/wiki/Special:Contact) which could be linked to on pages and would allow non-members who go to the site to RSVP for events, etc, to leave us messages. > If someone indicated they were willing to pay $40 in order to edit our > website, I would be quite worried about their motivations. Of course. I think we all would be...
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