Hi, I would like to address the proposal for Technical Code of Conduct Committee elections in general terms, without discussing specific incidents.
When selecting candidates for powerful public bodies such as the Technical Code of Conduct Committee, I think that considerable public scrutiny is appropriate. There are a variety of ways that this level of scrutiny could be applied, and I think that public elections are one option that is worth considering. However, I also encourage us to be mindful that a public political process of elections can have the unfortunate side effect that candidates who become members of the Committee and want to retain their roles for additional terms feel obligated to submit to political pressure to make decisions regarding the conduct of specific users based on popular opinion instead of what they believe is correct based on their (one would hope carefully and skillfully considered) evaluation of facts. Thank you for raising this topic for discussion. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
