[WikiEN-l] Office actions

[Parker Peters]

On 12/15/06, Earle Martin <wikipedia at downlode.org> wrote:
>
> On 15/12/06, Stephen Bain <stephen.bain at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 12/15/06, Earle Martin <wikipedia at downlode.org> wrote:
> > > On 14/12/06, Matthew Brown <morven at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I suspect in many circumstances Danny will not be able to respond to
> > > > such questions, since he doesn't want an official decision of the
> > > > Foundation on record.
> > >
> > > I thought this project was founded on accountability.
> >
> > Editors are accountable for their own actions.
> >
> > The Foundation rightly does not want to be accountable for other
> > people's actions.
>
> I have no idea where you got the idea that I was asking the Foundation
> to be responsible for other people's actions. I'll quote you again the
> text (quoted above) that I was replying to:
>
> "Danny... doesn't want an official decision of the Foundation on record."
>
> In this case, it was an "office action", which appears to generally
> equate to "putting stuff in the memory hole".
>
> Is it Foundation policy to hide official decisions of the Foundation?
> Or is it Danny policy? Either way, it appears that the management of
> this project is asymptotically approaching that of the Open[sic]
> Directory Project.
>
> --
> Earle Martin


Given that the risk of violating an Office action is Danny having you
banned/desysopped/draped in sackcloth and ashes, I think that the boundaries
of Office actions need to be spelled out pretty clearly. Hiding them is not
good for the project.

Parker