On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 1:29 PM, <WJhonson(a)aol.com> wrote:
Indef does not mean "forever" and it does
not mean "one second". It merely
means "unspecified".
The specified condition being that the user forbear from mentioning Durova's
real name in-wiki again.
Yes, agreed.
The long history probably has more to do with
Eleemosynary's intransigence
in the face of a long bitter conflict, then it does with FT2's action to block
indef. But all of that aside, the forward goal should be to diffuse the
situation and bring Elee back into the project, imho.
Eleemosynary, while in this particular conflict being perhaps prinkly, is,
in general, a very useful part of the project.
I agree with that goal and focus. But given our sensitivity to
identity, privacy, and related stalking problems that our experienced
users and admins have seen, even longtime contributors have to be
aware that issues like this have low tolerance for abuse.
Trying to get support for a policy exception for not identifying
people who don't want to be identified, just because somewhere out
there in the world is info (that they put out there or not) that
connects the dots, *just* for this one case to avoid an indef on a
problematic if positive contributor, is a mistake.
That's not the policy to be poking holes in willy-nilly.
Working with Elee offline to impress upon them the reasons for the
policy and get them to agree to abide by it, even if they disagree or
feel they were unfairly treated, is the appropriate way forwards.
--
-george william herbert
george.herbert(a)gmail.com