On 26/02/2008, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Let's be clear: you killfiled a thread critical of
the foundation,
that was ongoing and was at present constructive and unoffensive (with
any nastiness long since past), that was being responded to by
Florence, and was relevant to this list. This is the kind of heavy-
handed moderation that brings up allegations of censorship. Please be
more hands-off and not step in with moderation when there is no problem.
-Dan
On Feb 26, 2008, at 6:34 PM, Austin Hair wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 3:48 AM, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net>
> wrote:
>> For unclear reasons my reply below was blocked. I am thus re-
>> sending it.
>
> I did killfile this thread, as it any utility it had as a constructive
> discussion had long since ended. Many of the lingering posts were,
> frankly, offensive.
>
> If you'd like to address the criteria for selecting the Wikimania
> venue, please bring it up constructively in a separate thread,
> preferably on wikimania-l. As Ray says, condemning a decision made
> well in the past is, if anything, counterproductive to the current
> team's organization efforts.
And if the killfile was legitimate, why didn't you tell anyone until
15 hours after you did it? Quite a few list regulars were involved, it
seems like basic respect to tell them that you did this.
--
Oldak Quill (oldakquill(a)gmail.com)