User talk:Scharb/sandbox
PIA proposal
[edit]I recognize administrators are overwhelmed with the sheer amount of oversight that is required with the PIA topic. People being banned for breaking 1RR, allegedly gaming the system, getting in edit wars.
I ask the question, what would be best for Wikipedia? There's too much activity on PIA, people champing at the bit to get their say in, and yet the backlog and so much else on Wikipedia get little love.
Solution:
Every administrator is given binding, unilateral and unappealable sole discretion to sentence users to "community service". This will constitute blocking said users from PIA until they have satisfactorily completed an (completely arbitrary) assigned number of quality edits reducing Wikipedia's backlog.
It is very important that there be no set standard or expectation of consistency, logic or fairness to the number of "community service" edits so assigned. Not even assumption of guilt!
Some people should be assigned "community service" simply for posting a bit too much in PIA. Foster a culture where everybody expects to get assigned from time to time.
It will be like having to eat your greens before getting to dessert. These users are so motivated to affect PIA, they will speed through paying their dues doing less glamorous labor that will improve all of Wikipedia.
Advantages: This solution will redirect the disproportionate amount of energy spent on PIA and spread it to the parts of Wikipedia that need it the most It offers a more lenient alternative to banning It will be working smarter not harder for admins. Think of it at "stirring" the users around. Highly-motivated users who spend all their time editing PIA will be thrust into exposure to other parts of the Wikipedia community, familiarizing with best practice, which will make them better editors when they return to PIA. Sockpuppet-proof Scharb (talk) 01:36, 15 November 2024 (UTC)