On 4/21/07, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
Tony Sidaway wrote:
On 4/20/07, Christiano Moreschi
<moreschiwikiman(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
Brandt's right on one thing. Unblocking him
was a complete waste of time.
I don't think so. This has started a dialog of sorts between the
community and Daniel Brandt, in which the side issues have been
drowned out, for the most part, by honest attempts to address
legitimate issues. This is more progress than we could have asked for
just a week ago.
Since he has declared that he has no general interest in editing
Wikipedia the ban is largely immaterial and symbolic.
Not quite. Notwithstanding his recent statement, see the text of his
open letter of April 11th, a copy of which I have placed on the talk
page of his article. In it he says "At the same time, I want to point
out that the main reason I want my editing privileges restored is
because I feel that I have the right to comment on my biography on the
Talk page for that biography."
That wish was granted, and it was apparently on his own request that
he has been blocked again. Symbolism? Yes, but a very important
symbol of openness and good faith.