How each model solves the same problems
Instead of “democracy versus anarchism”, compare the concrete ways collective problems get solved.
| Question | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How are decisions made? | Discussion aiming at policy-based consensus; administrators chosen by community review; policies edited by the community; movement-wide rules set by the Wikimedia Foundation. | Grand Council of 50 chiefs chosen by clan mothers; questions pass between groups of nations, each seeking unanimity, with the Onondaga Firekeepers confirming or resolving disagreement. | Unknown | |
| How are conflicts resolved? | Talk pages, noticeboards and page protection; the elected Arbitration Committee decides conduct (not content) cases and can ban editors or remove rights.Arbitration | The Confederacy describes the Grand Council as resolving disputes among the nations and planning for the welfare of all the people. | Unknown | |
| How are public goods funded? | A free encyclopaedia under a share-alike licence; the Foundation is funded by donations without advertising. | Unknown | Unknown | |
| How is AI used? | Not part of governance decisions; bots and machine-learning tools help detect vandalism, and AI reuse of content is a policy debate. | No documented AI role. | Unknown | |
| What are the main risks? | Editor decline and hostility to newcomers, systemic bias, capture of contentious topics, and conflict between community and Foundation. | Operates alongside US and Canadian governments, which limits its practical jurisdiction; its rule of unanimity within and between blocs requires broad agreement.CLM-0117CLM-0118 | Unknown |
This illustrates differences in design; it is not a universal claim about outcomes. Each cell links to mechanisms and the claims behind them.