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[[Category:Wiki governance]]
'''Wiki governance''' seems to pass through a few stages in a [[large public wiki]]:
'''Wiki governance''' seems to pass through a few stages in a [[large public wiki]]:


1. chaos as basic [[wiki management]] problems slowly become understood
1. chaos as basic [[wiki management]] problems slowly become understood


2. fascism as a [[sysop power structure]] and perhaps [[GodKing]] take root - some [[sysop vigilantiism]] mostly dealt with informally;  some malcontents but mostly tolerated, some [[wiki witchhunt]]s as [[vandalism]] becomes more common
2. fascism as a [[sysop power structure]] and perhaps [[GodKing]] take root


3. stagnation based on worship of the [[GodKing]] by a [[priestly hierarchy]] who have no rational understanding of [[why wiki works]];  [[usurper]]s have managed to get close to the GodKing personally, and use his approval as a mask to push their own agendas - labelling everyone who asks for change a [[troll]] and abusing powers granted to deal with vandals, against such trolls;  [[sysop vandalism]] occurs as sysops put their own beliefs above the truth - [[echo chamber]] begins, and [[systemic bias]] is no longer avoided, but *enforced*.
3. stagnation based on worship of the [[GodKing]] and [[usurper]]s who have managed to get close to the GodKing personally, and use his approval as a mask to push their own agendas - labelling everyone who asks for change a [[troll]]


4. [[trolls]] realize that [[regime change]] is necessary and form [[faction]]s, e.g. [[Wikipedia Red Faction]], and start to develop appropriate rhetoric to justify [[trolling]], and target bad sysops to be [[driven off by trolls]] etc.;  sysops begin to justify [[ontological distinction]] using [[operational distinction]], e.g. "that person was blocked thus they must not be saying any thing of value" - all dialogue becomes impossible, and [[echo chamber]] becomes a [[libel pit]] and then the basis of [[harassment]];
4. [[trolls]] realize that [[regime change]] is necessary and form [[faction]]s, e.g. [[Wikipedia Red Faction]], and start to develop appropriate rhetoric to justify [[trolling]], and target bad sysops to be [[driven off by trolls]] etc.


5. [[troll war]] breaks out on [[interwiki]] level, confused by lack of any [[interwiki identity standard]] resulting in [[outing]] and [[framing]].  Some desperate sysops use technical means to conceal the truth, including [[denial of service attack]] by [[vandalbot]] on [[troll-friendly]] wikis (illegal) and (legal) [[IP range block]]s by sysops who control the technology - [[developer vigilantiism]]!  Also state violence is initiated by the most pathetic [[usurper]]s:  [[false crime report]]s, [[false claims of terrorism]]
5. war breaks out on interwiki level, including [[denial of service attack]] by [[vandalbot]] on [[troll-friendly]] wikis by sysops who control the technology


6. beginnings of peace talks as everyone begins to realize [[trolls]] are more right than wrong, and that following [[usurper]]s and reactionaries is going to kill all cooperation with the project;  some shallow [[board]] activity, formation of formal mechanisms, e.g. [[Wikimedia]] [[arbitration]], etc.
6. beginnings of peace talks as everyone begins to realize [[trolls]] are right;  [[board]] activity, formation of formal mechanisms, e.g. [[Wikimedia]]


7. rejection of these bourgeois false democracy elements by revolutionary troll factions, and continuation of the struggle to [[anarchize]] or to democratize more deeply
7. rejection of these bourgeois false democracy elements by revolutionary troll factions, and continuation of the struggle to [[anarchize]] or to democratize


8. abdication of [[GodKing]], major reform, eradication of [[Wikimedia corruption]], etc., i.e. [[Ragnarok]] the total troll victory.
8. abdication of [[GodKing]], major reform, eradication of [[Wikimedia corruption]], etc., i.e. troll victory.


9. a [[Lowest Troll]] emerges to moderate the new more democratic structure, and deal with [[trolling]] the only way that works:  by trolling back, using [[politics as usual]]
Apparently no wiki has ever emerged from these transitions, as even the most advanced [[large public wiki]]s are probably only at about stage 6 right now
 
10. now that real politics and [[wiki politics]] have merged, the outputs of the wiki can now be respected as real information subject to fair [[peer review]] with no [[sysop power structure]] distorting it into propaganda
 
Apparently no wiki has ever emerged from these transitions, as even the most advanced [[large public wiki]]s are probably only at about stage 5 or 6 right now
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