Charles, I apologize for sending it directly to the list, but you obviously
had misread my words and I was worried that others might have as well. I am
not "exaggerating" or "shifting" my position. I would ask at this time
that
you please calm down and perhaps take a breather.
I believe that the policies are problems. Starting with the number of
roadblocks to starting an RFC - the requirement of "evidence of trying to
resolve the difference beforehand" (hard to do when an admin is blocking
you!), the requirement of finding a second user to sign on with you
(especially if they become fearful of being blocked).
They may at one point have been well intentioned, but they do not help the
situation today.
Parker
On 10/6/06, charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com <charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com>
wrote:
Note: this was an offlist mail to me, which has been sent back to the
whole list. Black mark for etiquette on that.
I advise everyone against answering private mails from this poster.
Well, and what you say is absolutely not what you wrote to the list, then.
You will gain no respect at all from exaggerating and then shifting position
when challenged.
Charles
From: "Parker Peters" <onmywayoutster(a)gmail.com>
Date: 2006/10/06 Fri PM 04:59:18 BST
To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org>
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Quitting Wikipedia and wanted you to know why.
No.
I am asserting that polices, while they may have been well intentioned,
have
the net effect of being a bureaucratic nightmare
that makes it a virtual
impossibility that any course of action against an admin by a non-admin
will
succeed.
That policies which were designed to safeguard admins from deliberate
harassment have become twisted into opposition of any investigation of
admin
conduct whatsoever.
I'm forwarding this to en-l because I want these words to be clear to
everyone.
Cheers,
Parker.
On 10/6/06, charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com <
charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com>
wrote:
>
> You are asserting that
>
> Every policy
>
> (not some but all)
>
> is designed
>
> (i.e. deliberately set up)
>
>
> to make it impossible
>
> (not inconvenient, time consuming, legalistic)
>
> for an aggrieved user to make any protest against abuse.
>
> (you say _any protest_, not just an effective protest leading to
action).
>
> Well, that's hooey. Anyone can start an RfC. Show me an admin who sits
on
an RfC
and I'll take action on that myself.
Charles
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