Socialization is usually best achieved through rewards rather than through punishments. The principle reward is a sense of achievement when good editing is done or good administrative work done. In the case of editing the reward, absent trouble, is instantaneous as your work is published.
Fred > Yes, of course - why didn't we think of that? Actually the lack of > rules and lack of punishments means (meant) it was bloody hard to game > the system. Now we have a calcified set of rules and an oligarchy, > passive-aggressives have a field day. Rules-lawyers abound, polite > requests to the oligarchy are met with insults about "mind-set" and > other newspeak comments. Meanwhile the 99% of editors that just want to > edit and the 95% of admins that just want to help the project are > stymied at every turn, scared to get involved in the processes. A > number of years ago the oligarchy destroyed hope (Esperanza) - now the > Wikiquette noticeboard has gone. Power is increasingly in fewer and > fewer hands, a significant number of whom have, over the years, and > indeed recently, abused that power. > > The solution for social problems is socialisation. We have some great > exponents of that art in Dennis Brown, Worm That Turned and several > others. For those that won't be socialised, the solution is ostracism - > or blocking as it is known. Provided this is used with caution on > community members, and with no longer duration than necessary it is a > good solution. > > On 04/01/2013 06:27, Tim Starling wrote: >> The solution for social problems is to have rules and a means to >> punish people who break them. > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
