On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 5:42 AM, Tomasz W. Kozlowski <tomasz(a)twkozlowski.net
wrote:
Erik Moeller wrote:
You tend to add a drama factor of 10x to any discussion I've ever seen
you participate in, and it gets tiresome after a
while. Give it a
rest.
Why are you making this issue unnecessarily personal, Erik? This isn't
about Fae, you, or even Timothy Sandole -- so give it a rest, okay?
Tomasz
Erik is right, and anyone who regularly reads this list (or especially the
WMUK list) knows that he is right. Fae's legitimate points (of which there
are many) tend to be obscured by the massively off-putting way in which he
makes them.
That said, Fae's points (which are really your [Tomasz'] points, and better
said by you in the blog post) are perfectly legit. You pointed out a couple
of edits where it looks like Sandole was promoting the director of the
Belfer Center. While many other edits seem useful and additive, those are
concerning and point up the risks generally of paid editors (including
WiRs). Sandole's disclosure of his link to the Belfer Center on his
userpage does not solve the problem, though it does mostly satisfy the
disclosure requirements of the ToU -- as it seems to have been the Belfer
Center directing his actions and not the WMF.
Since Sandole says he wrote a comprehensive report on his WiR and submitted
it to the WMF, when Erik gets that report publicized I'm sure things will
become much more clear. Meanwhile, use of an accusatory or interrogatory
tone towards WMF employees is probably not helpful, as it rarely is in
professional communication.
~Nathan