Jack Lynch wrote:
Exactly! This is really very important.
The mailing list is clogged up with wild accusations with no links to
diffs, no actual evidence, and clearly false claims.
Meanwhile, there *are* interesting cases (see the links above) which do
warrant a serious discussion on this list about policy, Wikilove,
adminship, etc.
This is one of the worst things about tolerating nonsensical trolls --
we become desensitized to actual cases of abuse.
In the links above, you'll see an admin in a fight with a user who (it
appears to me) was just wrong about a minor issue, and the admin says
"fuck you" and calls the other fellow an "asshole" and an "absurd
person".
That's pretty sad.
So, if anyone interprets my plea that we stop putting up with trolling
on this list as a plea to ignore complaints, that's a mistake. We
should investigate real complaints and kick some of the trolls out of
here so we can get on with the real work of ensuring due process and
fairness and admin responsibility.
--Jimbo