On 6/17/07, Steve Summit scs@eskimo.com wrote:
jayjg wrote:
On 6/16/07, Steve Summit scs@eskimo.com wrote:
This all reminds me of the neverending shenanigans over political appointments in the U.S., whenever there's a different party in the executive and legislative branches. Every time, the stonewalling party has to figure out a new way to torpedo the evil other party's appointment, since all the old tricks are known and circumvented by now.
Since when did CharlotteWebb become part of "the other party", and what is the platform of the "stonewalling party"?
It wasn't an exact analogy; I was just musing.
But if pressed: the "other party" is anyone who runs for RfA, and the "stonewalling party" is that group of RfA regulars who (AIUI) keep inventing new litmus tests and hoops to jump through. (Their platform would be, "keep raising the bar".)
FWIW, I wasn't trying to accuse you of being a stonewaller, or even an RfA regular. (I don't follow RfA; I don't know who the players are.)
For the record, while I am not a RFA "regular", I have certainly voted in many dozens of RFAs over the 3 years I have been on Wikipedia. And also, for the record, I almost always Support adminship candidates; I probably Support over 90% of the candidacies on which I have commented.
But, whatever your motives were or weren't, it's a safe bet that "Do you now or have you ever used an open proxy?" is going to be a new stock question going forward.
Anything is possible, but I think that's unlikely.