I've placed Jay on moderation.
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:50 AM, Jay Litwyn brewhaha@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca wrote:
"Thomas Dalton" thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote in message news:a4359dff0905210711m79740eb0k597998ce64daa1bb@mail.gmail.com...
2009/5/21 Jay Litwyn brewhaha@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca:
"Eugene van der Pijll" eugene@vanderpijll.nl wrote in message news:20090521074620.GA594@alva.mail.gmail.com...
Jay Litwyn schreef:
Where did that donkey kick a man?
Your point is unclear. If you think [[Politics and the English Language]] needs a better intro, take it to that talk page.
If it were a standard essay, rather than an explanation of the difference between active and passive voice, then it would hav a point that was not trying to be cute in leading to a tagline. I am disallowed from talk pages and e-mail. The admin who started the process against me egzajerated his claims against me, did not finish the process or contribute to my claims against him, and he did indicate frustration with my communications, so I desisted communication with him.
All I might do is link point four to the wikipedia guideline on active voice. The definition of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_passive_voice"> passive voice</a> needs work. I see no way to make the declaration of independence into active voice, and that was not done in the article, either, so I do not think it is a good example. If it can be activated, then it should be done to show the antonym, active voice. If not, then someone should find a better example.
I don't see how a discussion of the active and passive voice is within the scope of the mailing list. If you have problems with a block on the English Wikipedia and wish to complain about an admin and cannot contact anyone to help you then email ArbCom on arbcom-l@lists.wikimedia.org and they will review the case.
This list is about the nature of wikipedia, and perhaps whether it should hav style guidelines, which it does. I know "white cat", to begin with, chafes at having such rules. I don't, so I am promoting one of them. I hope you will understand that in the condition of my account, as it stands now, regardless of how ArbCom will respond to my submission three months ago, this is my sole avenue for suggesting changes, including any comments that would fit better on talk pages.
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