On Sep 20, 1:55*am, OM wrote:
On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:07:48 GMT, "Alan Erskine"

wrote:
Why do people whinge about Wikipaedia and then continue to cite it in
references?

...Because you can't rely on admins to keep the trolls and vandals
from corrupting articles anymore. The reason's simple: get three or
four trolls and vandals together, have them create 3-5 hoze accounts
each - which isn't difficult when you have free wireless access in
different hotspots around town - then get one of your ilk granted
admin rights. Then your ilk owns whatever topic you choose to destroy.
Someone complains, bring the schill admin in, and the complainer gets
permabanned. Appeals don't work because if admins go against one
another, it destroys the authority of the legitimate admins. It's why
I've felt there needs to be an minimum age limit on admins, and an
immediate appellate process that forces at least five admins to
investigate any appeal with the one doing the appeal automatically
assumed to be innocent and in the right, with the burden of proof
being on the admin.

Who is to say that you can't get trolls and vandals doing the appeal
process? Your logic hasn't solved anything.


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