On 9/13/07, WikipediaEditor Durin <wikidurin(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 9/13/07, George Herbert
<george.herbert(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I still find it unfortunate that (from what I have seen) you have
reacted this negatively to the shift in consensus position on fair use
of non-free images.
I think you fail to understand that consensus can not override that
Wikipedia is not a fair use encyclopedia. It is a free content
encyclopedia. I'm sorry you do not seem to understand this.
...well, I'm extremely sorry you feel this inflexibly about it. This
issue seems to have been the last straw that drove you to separate
yourself from the project, and other than this particular issue, your
contributions are sorely missed.
I believe I speak for the new consensus, though, and that it extends
up to at least informal agreement at all levels. This has been rather
unfortunately divisive, but it is important.
I think your personal experience has come to
illustrate a rather
negative long-term trend, though, the editor /
admin burnout problem.
And I think you're attempting to trivialize my comments as those
coming from an editor who is burned out. I neither appreciate the
attempt nor agree that it is correct. I thank you for your input, but
you are quite incorrect.
Your communications before, during, and after your departure match the
type and tenor of the burned-out-senior-admin (which we have
unfortunately had enough to recognize well, by now).
I'm sorry if you object to my generalization, but that's what it
looked like to me.
--
-george william herbert
george.herbert(a)gmail.com