On Nov 14, 2007 2:28 PM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 14/11/2007, private musings
<thepmaccount(a)gmail.com> wrote:
What do you good people think about the need or
use of an editor
ethical committee?
I think it would need to address the problem of editors who run five
or six sockpuppets to be querulous in apparent tones of sweetness and
light.
- d.
I'm afraid I don't understand. Are we now objecting to concerns raised in
tones of sweetness and light? That appears to be counterproductive to any
efforts to increase civility and collegiality.
(snipped from another email)
Indeed. It's like JB196 complaining that a few of the accounts blocked
as sockpuppets of his weren't in fact his. I wonder what an editor
ethics committee would say to such a charge.
I would imagine that the complaints would likely be more relevant if they
came from the real owners of the accounts blocked as sockpuppets. Of course,
I have no opinion on the blocks - the other accounts may have been equally
disruptive - but I would imagine that mentioning the excessive blocking
isn't particularly a source of pride. If account Y has been blocked for
reason X, it matters if reason X is not correct, even if account Y could
have been blocked for reason Z with a little more investigation.
RR