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<DIV align=right>[[Image:Wikizine.png|230px|wikizine logo]]<br><font size="+0">[http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/announce-l/2006-January/000024.html Back to Wikizine number 12]</font></div>
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:<small>By [[User:RonaldB|RonaldB]], 3 Februari 2006</small>
====De-sysop procedure on nl:wikipedia====▼
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▲=De-sysop procedure on nl:wikipedia=
Recently a long active sysop on the Dutch Wikipedia has forcefully been released from his function. This was the result of a process according a procedure that was in existence for a long period of time within the nl:wikipedia community. But until now this procedure has never been applied in full, nor reached a result as mentioned.
====Background====
Probably similar to some other wikipedia's, the Dutch version is dealing increasingly with [[w:Internet_troll|trolls]] and there is no unanimity within the community on how to combat these. <BR>
Although there is common agreement that these type of users are undesirable, the definition of a troll suffers some ambiguity, caused by the natural friction between freedom of speech and the wikiquette as assumed normal by others in the community. The threshold where an user develops from a normal user, still in the "getting acquainted" phase, to a real troll is not the same for everybody.
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The same criteria (ratio of votes, etc.) apply in case of a de-sysop procedure. Again there are requirements to initiate such a procedure, but the threshold is pretty low.
====What happened before====
One of the sysops, at several occasions, expressed his strong wish to take a less tolerant attitude with regard to trolls and other vandals.<BR>
To make his intentions clear, he initiated some provocative actions, a.o.
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====The de-sysop voting process====
Once the voting process started, the volume and sharpness of comments and opinions exploded. An unprecedented number of votes were already issued the first day. <BR>
A remarkable phase during the voting period, started more or less halfway. Some users, apparently influenced by the events and comments, started changing their opinion and hence their vote.
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====The side effects====
The whole affair had quite some side effects:
*A human being has been '''publicly''' humiliated for some of his actions, regardless whether these actions were right or wrong.
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====Press====
Nl:wikipedia is critically followed by one of the Dutch internet news sites. This site was the first to report publicly on the affair. This triggered some articles in newspapers, amongst which "NRC-Handelsblad", probably the most reputed newspaper in The Netherlands and "Metro", a widely distributed free newspaper in Belgium.
====The morning after====
Business as usual, but that appears more or less fake. Quite some active users take a wiki-break with implicit or explicit comments on their user page. The atmosphere in the Dutch equivalent of the Village Pump feels explosive. Time to heal the wounds seems the best remedy for the time being.
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