142.177.8.70: two more good examples, removing a bad one (hopefully she will also remove herself from this wiki)

2004-01-14T14:45:07Z

two more good examples, removing a bad one (hopefully she will also remove herself from this wiki)

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	A '''caretaker''' works quietly and patiently to make a [[large public wiki]] better. They do not engage in "enforcement", "policy debate", or personality issues unless literally forced to, e.g. by [[usurper]] behaviour and lack of courage facing it down. An enraged caretaker is usually a relatively formidable opponent, and often recruits many thoughtful others who object to the usurpation. By fighting it, they seek to prevent a [[bad copy problem]] or [[self-interested fork problem]] that would result if "the original" were to be usurped completely by a [[faction]] or [[social club]] whose goals are not those of the majority of contributors - projects so usurped become [[enemy projects]] if their values and technology and culture can't be kept away from [[essential projects]] whose [[integrity]] that the caretaker wants to protect.		A '''caretaker''' works quietly and patiently to make a [[large public wiki]] better. They do not engage in "enforcement", "policy debate", or personality issues unless literally forced to, e.g. by [[usurper]] behaviour and lack of courage facing it down. An enraged caretaker is usually a relatively formidable opponent, and often recruits many thoughtful others who object to the usurpation. By fighting it, they seek to prevent a [[bad copy problem]] or [[self-interested fork problem]] that would result if "the original" were to be usurped completely by a [[faction]] or [[social club]] whose goals are not those of the majority of contributors - projects so usurped become [[enemy projects]] if their values and technology and culture can't be kept away from [[essential projects]] whose [[integrity]] that the caretaker wants to protect.

	For instance, the following are caretakers of the Wikipedia project and often defy the [[GodKing]] and other [[usurper]]s ~~such as [[w:User:Angela]]~~ to keep it "on track" as an encyclopedia:		For instance, the following are caretakers of the Wikipedia project and often defy the [[GodKing]] and other [[usurper]]s to try to keep it "on track" as an encyclopedia:
	*[[w:User:Jrincayc]]		*[[w:User:Jrincayc]]
	*[[w:User:Mydogategodshat]]		*[[w:User:Mydogategodshat]]
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	*[[w:User:Kat]]		*[[w:User:Kat]]

	Note: many of these users have ~~been driven off by~~ the ruling Wikipedia clique.		Note: many of these users have left in disgust at the ruling Wikipedia clique, or been attacked by [[sysop vandalism]] and even [[developer usurpation]] of the powers of sysops, probably out of the entirely rational fear that some sysops agree with the caretakers more than the [[GodKing]].

	There are also observers such as [[w:User:~~ChrisRoy~~]] who seek to gain some power by "studying" the interaction between caretakers and the usurpers.		There are also observers such as [[w:User:Chris Roy]] and [[w:User:MyRedDice]] who seek to gain some power by "studying" the interaction between caretakers and the usurpers.

142.177.8.70: for every list of bad guys, there's a list of good guys

2004-01-14T14:23:41Z

for every list of bad guys, there's a list of good guys

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A '''caretaker''' works quietly and patiently to make a [[large public wiki]] better. They do not engage in "enforcement", "policy debate", or personality issues unless literally forced to, e.g. by [[usurper]] behaviour and lack of courage facing it down. An enraged caretaker is usually a relatively formidable opponent, and often recruits many thoughtful others who object to the usurpation. By fighting it, they seek to prevent a [[bad copy problem]] or [[self-interested fork problem]] that would result if "the original" were to be usurped completely by a [[faction]] or [[social club]] whose goals are not those of the majority of contributors - projects so usurped become [[enemy projects]] if their values and technology and culture can't be kept away from [[essential projects]] whose [[integrity]] that the caretaker wants to protect.

For instance, the following are caretakers of the Wikipedia project and often defy the [[GodKing]] and other [[usurper]]s such as [[w:User:Angela]] to keep it "on track" as an encyclopedia:
*[[w:User:Jrincayc]]
*[[w:User:Mydogategodshat]]
*[[w:User:EntmootsOfTrolls]]
*[[w:User:Ed_Poor]]
*[[w:User:Anthere]]
*[[w:User:Cunctator]]
*[[w:User:Mirwin]]
*[[w:User:Netesq]]
*[[w:User:Kat]]

Note: many of these users have been driven off by the ruling Wikipedia clique.

There are also observers such as [[w:User:ChrisRoy]] who seek to gain some power by "studying" the interaction between caretakers and the usurpers.

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142.177.8.70: two more good examples, removing a bad one (hopefully she will also remove herself from this wiki)

142.177.8.70: for every list of bad guys, there's a list of good guys