On 9/13/07, Andrew Gray andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk wrote:
I don't believe anyone ever said these people might not have reasons for it. It's a trivial note - look, here's a problem, it affects these people; it was dashed off in five minutes. That's *all it is*.
It's not a list of "these are bad people". It's not revealing confidential information. It's not an indepth study and analysis of individuals. It's a note of a known problem*, and - helpfully - a list of some people known to be affected by it, plus implicitly a reminder to non-admins that it might be a good idea to check. I don't see any reason people should be expected to go to great lengths to make sure that no-one has any possible reason to misinterpret them when all they're doing is making a quick helpful comment.
I think I need to return to the phrase "otherwise no-one would ever get any work done", which seems quite appropriate.
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- Andrew Gray andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk
- a presumed problem, based on a known issue in similar circumstances
elsewhere, but that's pretty much the same thing.
I agree with all of the points made in this post, and I found it rather surprising that people objected to the list so strongly.
-Kat