Slim Virgin wrote:
As others have pointed out, the five editors she discussed it with may not even realize themselves who they are, because Durova may have mistaken no objections for positive feedback -- or she may have thought that feedback about her case study was the same as feedback about a block. So the implication that there are five editors somewhere in hiding, letting Durova face the music alone, misses the point that they may have said X, but Durova heard Y. There is therefore no point in conducting a witchhunt.
Sarah
Absolutely, however, the hunt for the others on the grassy knoll is now now doomed to enter the wikipedia mythology. Unfortunately, this whole incident simply demonstrates the corrosive effects of paranoia, conspiracy theories, and the obsession with "outing" and purging evildoers. Avoiding paranoia is simply "Assume Good Faith" writ large.
Perhaps it's time for us all to say "I'm Spartacus" - and don't bother throwing me in the lake, because I float.
Doc
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