[WikiEN-l] [Redacted] complaining Was: Admins who do not have email this user enabled (list inside)

[Kat Walsh]

On 9/13/07, Andrew Gray <andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk> wrote:

> I don't believe anyone ever said these people might not have reasons
> for it. It's a trivial note - look, here's a problem, it affects these
> people; it was dashed off in five minutes. That's *all it is*.
>
> It's not a list of "these are bad people". It's not revealing
> confidential information. It's not an indepth study and analysis of
> individuals. It's a note of a known problem*, and - helpfully - a list
> of some people known to be affected by it, plus implicitly a reminder
> to non-admins that it might be a good idea to check. I don't see any
> reason people should be expected to go to great lengths to make sure
> that no-one has any possible reason to misinterpret them when all
> they're doing is making a quick helpful comment.
>
> I think I need to return to the phrase "otherwise no-one would ever
> get any work done", which seems quite appropriate.
>
> --
> - Andrew Gray
>   andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk
>
> * a presumed problem, based on a known issue in similar circumstances
> elsewhere, but that's pretty much the same thing.

I agree with all of the points made in this post, and I found it
rather surprising that people objected to the list so strongly.

-Kat

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