--- "Poor, Edmund W" <Edmund.W.Poor(a)abc.com> wrote:
I think your worries are just as sensible as mine
;-)
I worry about making too much of a hierarchy. We
already have...
An Elite:
* Dictator-for-life: Jimbo Wales (controls URLs,
bandwidth, machines; sets policy)
* Developers: can delete or alter any page, any
time, without a trace! same for blocking, promoting,
renaming users)
* Sysops: can delete pages or protect them from the
lower classes; can block IP's.
A Lower-class:
* Signed-in users - cannot be blocked, except by a
developer
* Anonymous (IP) users - can be blocked by any sysop
This looks to me like 5 levels of power. Some people
don't like us having that many levels. Some people
profess to trust those in the top 2 levels (the Gang
of Five); some make no such profession of trust.
Although I worry about the long-term future of
Wikipedia, so far it has weathered all storms. (Ah,
that's easy for you to say, "Uncle Ed", sitting in
your ivory tower... Yeah, you have a point...)
Ed Poor
Mav proposition : a 6 level of power, depending on
each wikipedia decision
An Elite:
* Dictator-for-life: Jimbo Wales (controls URLs,
bandwidth, machines; sets policy)
* Developers: can delete or alter any page, any
time, without a trace! same for blocking, promoting,
renaming users)
* Upper sysops: can delete pages or protect them
from the lower classes; can see
everyone IP's, block
IP's of anyone.
La bourgeoisie
* Lowers sysops: can delete pages or protect them
from the lower classes; can block IP's of anonymous
only. Don't see users IP.
A Lower-class:
* Signed-in users - cannot be blocked, except by a
developer
* Anonymous (IP) users - can be blocked by any sysop
Toby proposition
An Elite:
* Dictator-for-life: Jimbo Wales (controls URLs,
bandwidth, machines; sets policy)
* Developers: can delete or alter any page, any
time, without a trace! same for blocking, promoting,
renaming users)
* Sysops: can delete pages or protect them from the
lower classes; can see everyone
IP's, block IP's of
anyone.
A Lower-class:
* Signed-in users and anonymous - can see everyone
IP's. Can be blocked by any
sysop.
Very lower class, lower class or lower sysop
(depending on the place and my mood)
Here, lower class
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