David Gerard wrote:
On 20/02/07, Stephen Bain stephen.bain@gmail.com wrote:
On 2/20/07, Mark Ryan ultrablue@gmail.com wrote:
Ah, but the emails in question contained diffs which they claimed shewed that the administrators in question were "abusive". Should those have been let through?
Calling someone "abusive" is still an ad hominem statement. Rather than saying "Admin X is abusive!1!" the person should say "Admin X engaged in behaviour on Y page that seemed abusive to me, here's some diffs..."
wikien-l is to some extent an official channel for complaint. Starting unduly stroppy is generally forgivable.
But if the accusations are serious, list readers will reasonably expect details and diffs.
Sure, and it's understandable if this is missing from the initial complaint. If a listmember wants to take it further he can always ask those questions. Stonewalling the questions will do nothing to settle the problem.
Ec