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One good [[user-land]] definition of a '''faction''' is "those who disagree violently with others, but only non-violently with each other." | One good [[user-land]] definition of a '''faction''' is "those who disagree violently with others, but only non-violently with each other." | ||
In [[wiki management]], a '''faction''' is a '''mandatory clique''' to deal with [[alleged and collective identity]] problems that can't otherwise be sorted out without serious [[privacy]] problems, e.g. authorizing [[outing]]. | |||
Factions already exist as a group of users sharing a single account or using [[anonymous proxy]] services to reuse [[IP number]]s and appear to be just one persistent [[troll]] or something. This can actually work better for some things than any [[permission-based model]], but it gives an edge to those who have figured out how to do it reliably. It also makes it hard for any limits to be put on such activity. | |||
So, there may be user groups that are answerable only to each other and not to the management, which only manages the conflicts between factions, rather like it also tries to stay out of [[conflicts between users]] and just play referee: | So, there may be user groups that are answerable only to each other and not to the management, which only manages the conflicts between factions, rather like it also tries to stay out of [[conflicts between users]] and just play referee: | ||
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''See [[Talk:faction]] for extensive discussions. It will be hard to agree on one definition of faction, so please review [[glossary]] in detail to see what you think of those generic ideas, and how a faction might define a lot of things differently.'' | ''See [[Talk:faction]] for extensive discussions. It will be hard to agree on one definition of faction, so please review [[glossary]] in detail to see what you think of those generic ideas, and how a faction might define a lot of things differently.'' | ||
''See also [http://www.metaweb.com/wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Metaweb:faction Metaweb:faction]. Consumerium has more need to identify factions than Metaweb, so we may lead them in this regard.'' | ''See also [http://www.metaweb.com/wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Metaweb:faction en:Metaweb:faction]. Consumerium has more need to identify factions than Metaweb, so we may lead them in this regard.'' | ||
''See [http://recyclopedia.info/wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Recyclopedia:faction en:Recyclopedia:faction] and [http://recyclopedia.info/wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Recyclopedia:direct_democracy en:Recyclopedia:direct_democracy] for a proposal to deal much more effectively with [[community point of view]] bias.'' | |||