http://wikipediaweekly.org/2008/04/22/episode-46-moderation-or-censorship/ The only podcast for Wikimedians! Covering the news, policies, controversies and interviews with the people of Wikipedia and Wikimedia in general. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:44:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://wikipediaweekly.org/2008/04/22/episode-46-moderation-or-censorship/#comment-7769 Arctic Gnome Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:52:39 +0000 http://wikipediaweekly.org/?p=81#comment-7769 I have to disagree with your comment that the village pump hasn’t worked in years. I don’t know what it was like years ago, but when I started watching those talks recently I was impressed by how well it worked. One user would propose a change, the change would be discussed, amended, and then either passed or rejected based on consensus. A recent example is the discussion to change the + tab to the “new section” tab. Village pump is exactly how changes should be made in the community. It lets all interested parties propose and amend changes, it lets them all participate in the discussion about whether to adopt them, it lets us ignore ridiculous requests, and it makes it clear which way a consensus is going. I have to disagree with your comment that the village pump hasn’t worked in years. I don’t know what it was like years ago, but when I started watching those talks recently I was impressed by how well it worked. One user would propose a change, the change would be discussed, amended, and then either passed or rejected based on consensus. A recent example is the discussion to change the + tab to the “new section” tab. Village pump is exactly how changes should be made in the community. It lets all interested parties propose and amend changes, it lets them all participate in the discussion about whether to adopt them, it lets us ignore ridiculous requests, and it makes it clear which way a consensus is going.

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