On 2 Jul 2007 at 01:09:59 +1000, "Stephen Bain" stephen.bain@gmail.com wrote:
Bauder could have chosen his words more carefully, but there is not really any contradiction. As he says, arbitration rulings are not policy and should not be taken as such. What he leave out is the implicit corollary that rulings are applications of policy to particular situations, and similar situations ought to be approached in similar
And how, exactly, is what Kamryn did "similar" to anything that was addressed in the past rulings? She was providing a relevant reference to an article, not engaging in harrassment or attacks.
The crucial point is that attempts to take the rulings from the Mongo case and turn them into *general* rules have not been constructive. The ways in which some people have chosen to extrapolate from the Mongo case have failed to take into account the nuances of the rulings.
...including, in my opinion, what Bauder did in the course of "clarifying" the ruling.
On 7/2/07, Daniel R. Tobias dan@tobias.name wrote:
On 2 Jul 2007 at 01:09:59 +1000, "Stephen Bain" stephen.bain@gmail.com wrote:
Bauder could have chosen his words more carefully, but there is not really any contradiction. As he says, arbitration rulings are not policy and should not be taken as such. What he leave out is the implicit corollary that rulings are applications of policy to particular situations, and similar situations ought to be approached in similar
And how, exactly, is what Kamryn did "similar" to anything that was addressed in the past rulings? She was providing a relevant reference to an article, not engaging in harrassment or attacks.
I explicitly said that I wasn't commenting on this particular situation, but only on the observation that there were contradictions in what Fred said.
I've never really looked there, so maybe they are doing it already, but if I were working there, the first page of the site would be a list of all the times someone associated with WP said that. I can not think of better advertising. Would get them nice placement on google as well.
DGG
"No links to the drama site may be made regardless of content.
Fred"