On 20/02/07, Stephen Bain <stephen.bain(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 2/20/07, Mark Ryan <ultrablue(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Ah, but the emails in question contained diffs
which they claimed
> shewed that the administrators in question were "abusive". Should
> those have been let through?
Calling someone "abusive" is still an ad
hominem statement. Rather
than saying "Admin X is abusive!1!" the person should say "Admin X
engaged in behaviour on Y page that seemed abusive to me, here's some
diffs..."
wikien-l is to some extent an official channel for complaint. Starting
unduly stroppy is generally forgivable.
But if the accusations are serious, list readers will reasonably
expect details and diffs.
- d.