User:Leucosticte/Junkyard


 * Could some database settings be changed to arrays, in order to store different wikis' stuff on different db servers while maintaining the structure of one big database? Or is there some other way to mitigate/get around that problem? E.g. task-based servers? Leucosticte (talk) 20:01, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

When server access was granted, no parameters were established for what would be allowed or disallowed, so I assume that the typical be bold principle applies; i.e. take whatever actions seem to be in furtherance of the site mission, unless higher authority vetoes it. Higher authority would be, presumably, the Mises Institute, as represented by David Veksler, who is in charge of the wiki (actually, he says he put himself in charge of it); the community, to whom those rights were delegated; etc. It's not really clear that those with server access have any particular place in the power scheme; according to this account, in Wikipedia's early days, "Developers formerly had an important role in the Wikipedia power structure" but that was done away with after bureaucrats and stewards were established. , although typically they're not particularly active in that role because their focus is more on the technical side of things. They tend not to get into wiki-politics much. Leucosticte (talk) 20:12, 15 October 2012 (UTC)