Forum:TTTB/Delete the BOSS

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Hi there, I'm here to discuss about the BOSS.

Wikis were not designed to be run by a cabal of administrators, or for that matter, experienced editors. Policies and guidelines should achieve a consensus before they come into effect, and should be written down in project space for all to see. They should be designed to improve the wiki, but can be ignored in cases when they are not accomplishing this task. All users should be able to participate in the development of policies, and in other discussions.

There should be no power structure of any sort. Administrators are not "higher" than regular users in any way, other than having access to administrator tools. Likewise, bureaucrats are not higher than administrators, except again that they have access to bureaucrat tools. Users are not given special rights or privileges on the basis of "seniority." All editors are equal.

By having this "BOSS" propaganda, you are singling yourselves out. All things related to BOSS should be wiped from this wiki, and the titles of sysop and bureaucrat should be changed back to sysop and bureaucrat. I noticed the Bylaws as well, and I don't really see why Explorer and TS need to be singled out in the rules. Wikis aren't supposed to be a democracy, but rather based upon consensus, not polling. When contributing to a discussion, an argument should be given for your point of view, instead of simply voting. Others will then respond to your argument, and eventually a consensus should be reached one way or another. Once all arguments have been made and responded to, the discussion may be closed by an administrator or bureaucrat, regardless of the time elapsed since the nomination. Closing administrators (for votes for deletion) or bureaucrats (requests for adminship) are given limited discretion in determining whether a consensus has been reached in a discussion. If you feel that the decision made was poor or did not reflect consensus, you can appeal the decision on the closer's talk page, or at another community process. Decisions should never be made simply on the basis of majority vote.

Remember, all rules - be they from here or any other site, are just generalized guidelines. You don't have to follow them if you don't think it isn't improving the wiki. Common sense overrides rules.  http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/1254/lockkey.png  ZoneKill    T   C   E    02:37, July 25, 2010 (UTC)