On 4/21/06, Fred Bauder fredbaud@ctelco.net wrote:
His status as a reputable long timer counts against him rather then for him in such circumstances. Anyone who has witnessed the wheel wars ought to know better.
Fred
I don't necessarily agree with that. He has proven beyond any reasonable doubt that he wants nothing but the best for the project. We can trust him completely, just as we can trust that Jimbo, Danny, Angela, David Gerard, you, etc only want the best for the project. He got banned and desysopped from both wp and meta, an unprecedented crossproject banishment.
If you made a single mistake similar to this (and it was a mistake, but I blame Danny more than Eloquence), would you deserve similar treatment?
It was a removal of a protection. Nothing more. Eloquence deserves an apology.
--Oskar