On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 09:17:13PM -0700, Ray Saintonge wrote:
Matt R wrote:
Kelly Martin <kelly.lynn.martin(a)gmail.com>om>:
On 4/20/06, Matt R <matt_crypto(a)yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
Kelly Martin <kelly.lynn.martin(a)gmail.com>om>:
>That does not excuse reversion without discussion. Even taking as an
>assumption that Danny had been acting on his own behalf, Erik's
>actions could easily have been the start of a wheel war, and were
>inappropriate by any reasonable standard.
>
>
Yet, equally, that does not excuse the indefinite blocking of a
Wikipedian in
good-standing.
Except he wasn't an Wikipedian in good standing; he had attempted to
start a wheel war.
What you are arguing is untenable. Even if we agree with your
interpretation that Erik was starting a wheel-war, an indefinite block was
not an appropriate reaction by any reasonable standard (to use your
phrase). We kick people off
the project in a limited set of circumstances: when it's clear that they
are hindering
us more than they are helping us. Danny, for all the good work that he no
doubt
does, did the wrong thing here. For him to acknowledge this in a public
forum would
be reassuring.
Danny's silence in this series of threads has been very loud. He, more
than anyone else, is in a position to quell the flames with one short post.
Ec
I am not an administrator and have only been around since the last day
of October last year. I have been on this list for a few months because
I like to understand what is going on in some detail. Naturally I have
wondered about whether I should at some point aim to become an administrator.
What is going on here makes me think that I would need very strong persuasion
indeed to even consider it. Basically one should not have to put up with what
Erik has had inflicted on him. Now of course I have no problem with the
OFFICE block and I do not disagree one little bit with what Jimbo has said
recently, but neither he or Danny have given even a hint about why Erik's
block was justified or apologised if it was not. We do not want or need
the full story, but we do want a hint. Administrators are volunteers. The
mushroom principle should not apply here (keep people in the dark and
throw shit over them).
[[Bduke]]
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