On 10/8/06, Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
The major problem with SPUI is that he is utterly convinced that he is right. This is fine as long as he is, it is unambiguous, and he can prove it. As you say, he does not play well with others.
I suspect also if you could prove he was wrong, he'd be OK about it - but that when it's a matter that is subjective, you cannot prove him wrong. I don't think his position on road naming was per se wrong - both sides' positions were largely reasonable and sensible, but not compatible. It's simply that he saw absolutely no reason why he should not get his way or accept a way he didn't see as ideal even if it had more support.
I'm not very good at defusing tense situations either. But I tend not to try. Tony is, on the other hand, possessed of pretty good instincts in respect of content and has a long history of spotting and correcting obvious errors in the deletion process.
Tony has good instincts when it comes to being on the right side of an issue. He's bad, however, at convincing others of it without pissing them off.
-Matt