User:Cremastra/problems

• Hyper-bureaucracy which:

a) prevents things from being done except very, very slowly, and

b) creates slow-moving but very powerful bureaucratic "councils" which are more formal and, if I may say, somewhat more pretentious, than they need to be (see: ArbCom).

• Chronic, systemic incivility, especially at:

a) divisive topics of content or policy which attract long-term arguments between editors. (see: Infoboxes with composers, etc.)

b) large central discussion places, most notably at RfA and AN/I.

• This is due to:

a) drama-thirst, which is a regrettably common humain trait; when one editor acts on it, there isn't a problem, but when you have 115,000 active editors, a few hundred are going to have it at any given time, and you get AN/I.

b) an understandable sense of urgency and pressure to get things Right™, stemming from the fact that Wikipedia is the sixth most-visited site on the internet and run entirely by volunteers.

c) the ultimate limitations of working everything by consensus, which means discussions often end up as a battleground.

d) the nature of the internet, where rudeness, harassment etc. are well-observed and well-known problems.

• As regards civility, I do not want to become part of the problem.

• Large numbers of POV-pushers, both covert and overt.
• Too little regulation on what kind of block is appropriate for what situation: this choice is generally in the hands of one admin, and may be dissected at AN/I, where the tension is already high. This is not a good system. Clearly delineate (as a guideline) what blocks are appropriate when, and instead of discussing a block at AN/I, and create and maintain Wikipedia:Block review, (distinct from XRV) where ONLY administrators discuss and come to a consensus, instead of having a badly-structured snowballing free-for-all at AN/I. At minimum, use XRV more instead of complaining at AN/I.

• Too much regulation on most other things, where policies are extremely detailed, bureaucratic, and needlessly argued over. (See: WP:CREEP)

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