On Dec 19, 2007 4:49 PM, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
If there's a broader issue we should be discussing here, please tell us what it is.
on 12/19/07 8:00 PM, George Herbert at george.herbert@gmail.com wrote:
It's been a recurring theme, but the point is that we still haven't figured out how to detect and head off (talk to, counsel, convince to take a stress-break and come back, whatever) flameouts by admins and longtime editors.
George, perhaps we never really tried hard enough.
There's a difference between people chosing to leave the project, and a project where the usual mode of leaving for experienced participants is an antagonistic conflict incident blowing up.
It is indicative of an failing culture.
That we haven't really come up with good solutions doesn't mean that we should stop noting incidents as they happen.
Right, but is anyone paying attention?
Marc