User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Tips for being a great admin/@comment-5636372-20121026002240/@comment-452-20121027003550

I strongly disagree, and think that all discussions about a wiki should happen in public.


 * It is not acting in good faith to talk about someone behind their back.
 * It is not in the spirit of a wiki to have some things not open to everyone.

If it wouldn't be right to publicly discuss something, then perhaps it isn't right to have the discussion at all.

(That said, I have had semi-important discussions with fellow admins in the chat simply because it was faster that way, but a summary and conclusion on the discussion was posted publicly afterwards rather than stating "the admins have privately decided...")