On 20/02/07, Stephen Bain
<stephen.bain(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 2/20/07, Mark Ryan <ultrablue(a)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