In case you're not following on-wiki - Office S&T blocked English Wikipedia user / administrator Fram for a year and desysopped, for unspecified reasons in the Office purview. There was a brief statement here from Office regarding it which gave no details other than that normal policy and procedures for Office actions were followed, which under normal circumstances preclude public comments.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard#User:Fram...
Several people on Arbcom and board have commented they're making private inquiries under normal reporting and communication channels, due to the oddity and essentially uniqueness of the action.
There was an initial surge of dismay which has mellowed IMHO into "Ok, responsible people following up".
I understand the sensitivity of some of the topics under Office actions, having done OTRS and other various had-to-stay-private stuff myself at times in the past. A high profile investigation target is most unusual but not unheard of.
I did send email to Fram earlier today asking if they had any public comment, no reply as yet.
Old-style drama around a high-profile admin. A decade ago we used to assume those things went together.
On 11 June 2019 at 02:54 George Herbert george.herbert@gmail.com wrote:
A high profile investigation target is most unusual but not unheard of.
Right.
Charles
I forwarded this to Wikimedia-l since this list is mostly dead.
Techman224
On Jun 10, 2019, at 8:54 PM, George Herbert george.herbert@gmail.com wrote:
In case you're not following on-wiki - Office S&T blocked English Wikipedia user / administrator Fram for a year and desysopped, for unspecified reasons in the Office purview. There was a brief statement here from Office regarding it which gave no details other than that normal policy and procedures for Office actions were followed, which under normal circumstances preclude public comments.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard#User:Fram...
Several people on Arbcom and board have commented they're making private inquiries under normal reporting and communication channels, due to the oddity and essentially uniqueness of the action.
There was an initial surge of dismay which has mellowed IMHO into "Ok, responsible people following up".
I understand the sensitivity of some of the topics under Office actions, having done OTRS and other various had-to-stay-private stuff myself at times in the past. A high profile investigation target is most unusual but not unheard of.
I did send email to Fram earlier today asking if they had any public comment, no reply as yet.
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Through various means I'm aware of the partial or full circumstances of a number of office bans. In all cases, T&S investigated thoroughly and acted appropriately. I don't know why this case would be any different, or warrants pitchforks and torches from vocal members of the community, but these are the same community members who break them out at every opportunity in any case.
On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 3:58 AM Techman224 techman224@techman224.ca wrote:
I forwarded this to Wikimedia-l since this list is mostly dead.
Techman224
On Jun 10, 2019, at 8:54 PM, George Herbert george.herbert@gmail.com wrote:
In case you're not following on-wiki - Office S&T blocked English Wikipedia user / administrator Fram for a year and desysopped, for unspecified reasons in the Office purview. There was a brief statement here from Office regarding it which gave no details other than that normal policy and procedures for Office actions were followed, which under normal circumstances preclude public comments.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard#User:Fram...
Several people on Arbcom and board have commented they're making private inquiries under normal reporting and communication channels, due to the oddity and essentially uniqueness of the action.
There was an initial surge of dismay which has mellowed IMHO into "Ok, responsible people following up".
I understand the sensitivity of some of the topics under Office actions, having done OTRS and other various had-to-stay-private stuff myself at times in the past. A high profile investigation target is most unusual but not unheard of.
I did send email to Fram earlier today asking if they had any public comment, no reply as yet.
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