Brigitte,
I agree with you. You raised some very good points.
Sincerely,
Virgilio A. P. Machado
At 03:47 20-10-2010, you wrote:
________________________________ From: Austin
Hair <adhair(a)gmail.com> To: Wikimedia Foundation
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Re: [Foundation-l] Greg Kohs and Peter Damian On
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Nathan
<nawrich(a)gmail.com> wrote: > If it pleases the
moderators, might we know on what basis Greg
was > banned and Peter indefinitely muzzled?
Greg Kohs was banned for the same reason that
he's been on moderation for the better part of
the past year—namely, that he was completely
unable tto keep his contributions civil, and
caused more flamewars than constructive
discussion. Peter Damian is only on moderation,
and we'll follow our usual policy of letting
through anything that could be considered even
marginally acceptable. We really are very
liberal about this—otheerwise you wouldn't have
heard from Mr. Kohs at all in the past six
months. I'm sure that my saying this won't
convince anyone who's currently defending him,
but nothing about the decision to ban Greg Kohs
was retaliatory. I'll also (not for the first
time) remind everyone that neither the Wikimedia
Foundation Board, nor its staff, nor any chapter
or other organizational body has any say in the
administration of this list. I hope that clears
up all of the questions asked in this thread so
far. It is not about defending anyone but about
the fact that the "I know bannable when I see
it" theory of moderation is unconstructive and
leads to dramafests. The next ban is the one
that will likely cause a real flame war. I
suspect *more* people would be on moderation if
any sort of objective criteria were being
used. The lack of explanation over this bothers
me so much because I suspect that you *can't*
explain it. It seems to be the sort of gut-shot
that hasn't been thought through. Moderate more
people based on real criteria, rather than how
you feel about them. Birgitte
SB
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