Matt R wrote:
Kelly Martin kelly.lynn.martin@gmail.com:
On 4/20/06, Matt R matt_crypto@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Kelly Martin kelly.lynn.martin@gmail.com:
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.
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