On 02/05/07, Stephen Bain stephen.bain@gmail.com wrote:
No, the Foundation can intervene whenever they see fit. Office actions are only for when, for whatever reason, the Foundation people can't do it themselves or aren't in the best position to do so, and so they delegate.
The usual reason is that it can be pretty laborious. It's way quicker for Cary to pop onto admins IRC and say "Bad living bio, could someone please grab and fix" than to do it himself. Then some surly experienced living bio editor (e.g. Doc glasgow) will go the hack on it, while Cary gets on with other things.
- d.