3 ms·
> Fram (wiki mod in question) is apparently the Linus Torvalds of the old-guard Wikipedia community. FUD. The issue with the WMF T&S team's actions is that th
by nsajko 7y ago
> Fram (wiki mod in question) is apparently the Linus Torvalds of the old-guard Wikipedia community.
FUD.
The issue with the WMF T&S team's actions is that they are completely unaccountable, not appealable, not backed with any kind of justification or proof. And they bypassed the Arbitration Committee.
> It’s telling that the Wikipedia community’s response is “How do we deal with WMF” and not “How do we deal with this admin”
The response did include heavy scrutinization of Fram's activities to find any possible reason for sanctions against him.
- cf498 7y agoIts depressing to see how many people are happy to ditch the decentralized approach of decision making and conflict resolution in the community in favor of a position of authority that can dictate its will on the community.
- nsajko 7y agoTo be honest, the first thing I thought when I learned about this case is: "Great, maybe T&S will fix Croatian Wikipedia too!". Then I read the comment quoted in [0]. Looking at the greater context of T&S's actions it really seems that something shady is happening at WMF. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20319504 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20319504