On 4/19/07, charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com wrote:
"Erik Moeller" wrote
I think we should all be willing to try out such experiments more frequently, rather than dividing our world into friends and enemies.
Magnanimity is a good card to play against malice, when in a position of strength. I think there is little doubt that Brandt means harm to Wikipedia's reputation, and intends to do such harm by placing adverse media stories. This will happen whether or not he is a Wikipedia editor.
Charles
Of course, 3 days ago this was posted on WR (the hivemind was taken down a few days earlier)
:"I also took down the IRC logs. As I move toward litigation, it has become clearer to me that Jimbo and the Foundation are responsible for the behavior of their editors, because they control the structure of Wikipedia. There is no point in confusing the judge and jury."
http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=8226&view=findpost... http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=8226
I don't know if the litigation intent had something to do with the unblock....