On 2/21/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
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.
For the record, my approach is to allow a user's first post to be stroppy and ranty, and thereafter to expect them to calm down and act in an adult manner. I would accept this:
"It's frustrating to me how abusive some of the admins are, and how they get away with it. Have a look at this diff..."
but not this:
"All the admins are abusive, and get away with murder. Tom, Dick and Harry are the worst!"
The first is likely to lead to a productive discussion. The second is purely inflammatory and degrades the quality of this list.
Steve