Andrew Gray wrote:
On 01/08/07, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
What would make the most sense is if Sarah just switched to a new account. Her hope for remaining pseudonymous using User:SlimVirgin is quickly dwindling to nil, and the vain attempts to change this situation are doing nothing but cause problems for the project.
The talk of appeasement, of course, makes one think of Chamberlain.
"You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!"
One would have thought that having Mike Godwin actually on our payroll would have helped to stave this moment off a bit longer. :)
More seriously, it's a meaningless analogy that provides no useful insight. Who's appeasing who? Perhaps Wikipedia is appeasing SlimVirgin by giving in to her demands that any mention of this gossip be suppressed, in which case the same analogy supports the exact opposite conclusion. "Appeasement" is not inherently good or bad, one has to look at the details.