UDWiki talk:Misconduct
Not sure I like these changes
Please don't make me side with Iscariot here because i know what you are aiming for and think its a good idea but...
- "Cases made to further personal disputes should never be made here, harassment of any user through administration pages may result in vandal escalations. Despite their unique status this basic protection does still apply to Sysops."
This could leave it a bit to open for a sysop to claim "harassment" on a user and punish them with A/VB escalations. As long as I can remember it has been a firm principle of the misconduct procedure that punishment (even for bringing frivilous cases) was never to be given to the accuser as it may discourage folk from bringing real cases. Yes there are many examples of recen cases that go beyond frivilous and should be regarded as vandalism/trolling but Misconduct is the only real way the community at large has to call out the sysops and anything that alters the balance deserves more consideration and community input than what we have here. As for the actual list of "not misconducts", I really do not think it is particularly useful.--Honestmistake 09:44, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
- Do you honestly think that the sysops can not tell the difference between a user thinking they have a legitimate concern and someone that is grasping at straws? Have you ever noticed on the A/VB page when a "new" user posts a case that isn't vandalism the attending sysops explain why it isn't yet when some long time user does we say "you should have taken this to their talk page first"? Have you never ever ever seen that? Have you ever noticed that a majority of the Misconduct cases are filed by the same people? Do you really think that sysops shouldn't be given the same protections as regular users? --– Nubis NWO 14:15, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
- In 99.9% of cases you are completely right about sysops judgment on such things, however the wording of this just suggests that it could be used as another way of drumming users that a sysop doesn't like off the wiki. You point out below that Grim had filed 6 cases but how many did he have filed against him by regular users who felt he was abusing his authority that he managed to have disproved because he hadn't technically broken rules? Thing is I can remember Grim driving a few users off and trying to do the same to a few others with the A/VB system, Nalikil springs to mind. If he had been able to utilize misconduct to further such campaigns he might have been even more "successful" and yet he wasn't found guilty of abusing the trust that the community had supposedly put in him and he was clever enough to not use his sysop powers in a clear cut misconductable way? I do think that Sysops deserve the rights to prevent harassment, but i don't think threatening sanctions against those who use misconduct in a way that the sysops find inappropriate is the right way to go about it. I am not saying that you, or indeed anyone else on the current team would try such asshattery nor am I saying that Iscariot should not be facing Vandalism charges for some of his recent cases, I am merely stating that i think this notice/explanation leaves a lot to be desired and sends out the wrong message--Honestmistake 17:09, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
- Or to put it simply... Vandalism charges have always been a possibility for extreme cases and we have never felt the need to put up an explicit threat/reminder before. Putting this here now may serve to deter the current common offenders or more likely serve as evidence in their A/VB trials but the notification will still be there and its reason for appearing will blur, and the tolerance level will drop until we get a borderline "grasping at straws" case which pisses someone off and results in a vandal escalation. Misconduct exists so that sysops can be held to some sort of accountability and something that reduces the willingness for a regular user to call them on actions they feel are unjust is not a step in the right direction. --Honestmistake 17:21, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
- In 99.9% of cases you are completely right about sysops judgment on such things, however the wording of this just suggests that it could be used as another way of drumming users that a sysop doesn't like off the wiki. You point out below that Grim had filed 6 cases but how many did he have filed against him by regular users who felt he was abusing his authority that he managed to have disproved because he hadn't technically broken rules? Thing is I can remember Grim driving a few users off and trying to do the same to a few others with the A/VB system, Nalikil springs to mind. If he had been able to utilize misconduct to further such campaigns he might have been even more "successful" and yet he wasn't found guilty of abusing the trust that the community had supposedly put in him and he was clever enough to not use his sysop powers in a clear cut misconductable way? I do think that Sysops deserve the rights to prevent harassment, but i don't think threatening sanctions against those who use misconduct in a way that the sysops find inappropriate is the right way to go about it. I am not saying that you, or indeed anyone else on the current team would try such asshattery nor am I saying that Iscariot should not be facing Vandalism charges for some of his recent cases, I am merely stating that i think this notice/explanation leaves a lot to be desired and sends out the wrong message--Honestmistake 17:09, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
Some stats to ponder. In 2008 there were 39 Misconduct cases filed.
- 1 Case was clearly not a sysop power, but it still counts (Grim vs Lost Causeman).
- 3 cases were related to The Dead/Vote Striking/DHPD issues.
- All the sysops combined (excluding Grim) filed a total of 4 cases against other sysops.
- J3D filed 4 cases.
- Grim filed 6 cases.
- Iscariot filed 9.
(I know that doesn't add up to 39 but the other cases are filed by other users. There are a few users that have 2 cases, but not many.)--– Nubis NWO 14:55, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
