Its probably moot at this point, Matt, since the mentorship proposal is gaining ground, but - you're absolutely right that the original decision of the Committee was based on the merits, and I have no opinion on whether the remedies were appropriate or not at that time.
Since then, though, the response to the appeals hasn't contained much in the way of review on the merits - primarily "not enough time has passed." This appeal was shaping up to be no exception, even though the "enough time" described in the first appeal had gone by. If there are concerns based on his editing history since the case, then I think we'd all appreciate hearing those concerns described. Only Sam has done so - with PM's edits to the ArbCom page, and his reward board post. So far, the reaction by most people who have commented is that few if any see those edits as presenting a problem significant enough to warrant maintaining the restriction.
Editors, particularly adult editors, don't change personalities much over time - or between subjects. You are right about that. On the other hand, new editors have a pretty significant learning curve when it comes to community expectations and values. I think PM has done an excellent job on becoming an active and productive editor and member of the community since his case was before the committee, and I'd just like to see a more substantive acknowledgment of that fact by you folks.
Nathan
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 2:30 AM, Matthew Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
No one still seems to have argued that, on the merits, he should remain
banned
from BLPs.
I believe the Committee has decided on that basis.
Others have noted the contradiction - he's prevented from editing BLPs, and so the Committee (and the community) has no evidence to back up
a
decision either way.
The original ban was based on irresponsible and rash edits to controversial BLPs.
It's therefore appropriate to see if Privatemusings appears to be still displaying those qualities in areas he is not banned from. It's not like people suddenly take on a whole new personality when editing BLPs than they do in all the rest of their editing.
-Matt
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