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Within Wikimedia projects, a '''bureaucrat''' is a user who has the technical ability to give other users adminship, on any wiki. Due to its interwiki nature, bureaucrat access will be coordinated from meta. |
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''See [[en:Wikipedia:Conflict resolution]] for more on the various steps suggested on the english wikipedia.'' |
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To make sysops, go to [[Special:Makesysop]]. |
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'''Dispute resolution''' is the process of resolving disputes between parties. It includes litigation, arbitration, mediation, conciliation, and many types of negotiation. |
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==Bureaucrat policy== |
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The below page focuses in dispute resolution through mediation. As a reminder, mediation is the activity in which a neutral third party (called the mediator) assists two or more parties in order to help them achieve an agreement. |
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Bureaucrats must respect the sysopping policy of the wiki on which they are granting admin status. This usually means a consensus achieved by public discussion. On wikis so small that such a discussion is impractical, any active contributor may be sysopped, at their own request or that of another active contributor. |
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The mediation differs slightly from the conciliation in this that the parties seldom, if ever, actually directly face/talk together in the presence of the conciliator. |
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Bureacrats may also make other bureaucrats, if they fulfil the two requirements set out below. ''the mediawiki text doesn't make clear the syntax to do that'' |
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:On the contrary to real life, most wikipedia editors never meet physically. Most of the disputes occur on talk or article pages, though they can spread on user page, mailing lists, irc... as well (see [http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?ForestFire forest fire]. |
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A breach of this policy will lead to immediate loss of bureaucrat status. |
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:On the contrary of real life, people in conflict can't meet each other around a beer, or for a good hit and run session. For the most agressive ones, this will often result in [[incivility|breach of civility]], or edit war. |
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==List of bureaucrats== |
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:Given the collective nature of the project, most disputes have a great impact on the whole wikipedia community. Not only do disputes tend to spread on many pages, but some editors join the fun, depending on their own opinion on the matter, or their personal relationship with one or both of the disputants, further fueling the crisis. |
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# [[User:Bmills|Bmills]] |
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==Requests for bureaucrat status== |
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==Steps in dispute resolution== |
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Two criteria must be met for bureaucrat status. The applicant must: |
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There are basically five steps in conflict resolution |
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# Be a sysop on a Wikimedia wiki with more than one sysop |
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===Stopping the fighting=== |
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# Agree to the above policy |
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Please place requests below. Include an explicit agreement, and name the largest wiki where you currently have administrator access. |
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In real life, the first level of dispute resolution is fundamentally a physical response to the conflict. Stopping the fight is meant to separates people and to keep them from hurting each other. On Wikipedia, it will essentially focus on keeping people from hurting themselves through verbal attacks, and preventing them from hurting the content (''page protection'' or ''temporary blocking''). |
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[[User:Bmills|Bmills]]. I'm a sysop on the en Wikipedia. I agree to the policy as stated above and am keen to help out where I can. [[User:Bmills|Bmills]] 14:23, 6 Feb 2004 (UTC) |
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'''Examples of verbal attacks''' |
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:Welcome, Bmills. -- [[User:Tim Starling|Tim Starling]] 14:32, 6 Feb 2004 (UTC) |
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*Use of loaded language (words with a very heavy emotional charge, such as ''nazi'') |
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[[User:Dante Alighieri|Dante Alighieri]] - Oh heck, I'll do it. It's not like I've got anything better to do... like work. :) I hereby agree to the above policy. Oh yeah, I'm a sysop on the EN. --[[User:Dante Alighieri|Dante Alighieri]] 16:35, 6 Feb 2004 (UTC) |
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*Name calling (''nazipedia'') |
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*Call for a ban |
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*Lies |
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*Ad hominem : ''If you were not so stupid, you would have no problem seeing my point of view'' |
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*Strawman (attacking an exagerated or caricatured version of the other, for example, exagerating so much a position, that a comparison can be made between Hitler and an opponent) |
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[[User:Pakaran|Pakaran]] I'll do it when a need arises, probably only on en and on tiny wikis, since I know only English and Spanish. Also, I reserve the right to step down if holding off on doing it is causing me get flamed - I intend to wait for a '''blatent''' consensus before doing it on en. This isn't going to be something I do often in any event. [[User:Pakaran|Pakaran]] 17:22, 6 Feb 2004 (UTC) |
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===Settling the issues=== |
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At that level, the resolution engages the mind. It involves from the mediator a logical analysis of the underlying interests of the parties, and how they relate to the conflict-generating issues between them. |
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:''That is the article fix'' ! |
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Most of the time, mediators do not seek to go any further, as they are happy they fixed the article. In all appearances, the conflict is solved. However, it often is not, which will be often proved when a similar type of conflict erupt between the editors 2 weeks later. |
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===Resolving the underlying reasons that generated those issues=== |
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Unless resolved, these issues will continue to generate the same type of issues. |
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:In short, ''do not fix the article, fix the people'' ! |
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===Forgiveness=== |
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===Reconciliation=== |
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Revision as of 17:22, 6 February 2004
Within Wikimedia projects, a bureaucrat is a user who has the technical ability to give other users adminship, on any wiki. Due to its interwiki nature, bureaucrat access will be coordinated from meta.
To make sysops, go to Special:Makesysop.
Bureaucrat policy
Bureaucrats must respect the sysopping policy of the wiki on which they are granting admin status. This usually means a consensus achieved by public discussion. On wikis so small that such a discussion is impractical, any active contributor may be sysopped, at their own request or that of another active contributor.
Bureacrats may also make other bureaucrats, if they fulfil the two requirements set out below. the mediawiki text doesn't make clear the syntax to do that
A breach of this policy will lead to immediate loss of bureaucrat status.
List of bureaucrats
Requests for bureaucrat status
Two criteria must be met for bureaucrat status. The applicant must:
- Be a sysop on a Wikimedia wiki with more than one sysop
- Agree to the above policy
Please place requests below. Include an explicit agreement, and name the largest wiki where you currently have administrator access.
Bmills. I'm a sysop on the en Wikipedia. I agree to the policy as stated above and am keen to help out where I can. Bmills 14:23, 6 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- Welcome, Bmills. -- Tim Starling 14:32, 6 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Dante Alighieri - Oh heck, I'll do it. It's not like I've got anything better to do... like work. :) I hereby agree to the above policy. Oh yeah, I'm a sysop on the EN. --Dante Alighieri 16:35, 6 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Pakaran I'll do it when a need arises, probably only on en and on tiny wikis, since I know only English and Spanish. Also, I reserve the right to step down if holding off on doing it is causing me get flamed - I intend to wait for a blatent consensus before doing it on en. This isn't going to be something I do often in any event. Pakaran 17:22, 6 Feb 2004 (UTC)