On 9/27/06, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/27/06, oscar oscar.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
is there an agreement or a resolution covering eloquence having today
been
made steward by tim starling? was the board election also covering these rights? or was he appointed as such by the board? did i miss something?
best greetings from a bewildered oscar
Board memebers tend to be stewards. It saves time.
no, mixing up chips and fish this is!
let me explain this, i found out today, talking to a fellow wikian at kennisnet, that this is not clear to everyone. however such matters should be considered as familiar to people like erik and tim imho.
1. anthere and angela are among the first stewards, since april 2004 (see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards) 2. both were elected board member in the 2004 elections june 2004 (see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Elections_for_the_Board_of_Trustees_of_the_Wi... ) 3. so: the first two elected board members just happen to have been stewards 4. two out of the three board members since 2004 are not stewards, nor have they been
therefore: not only did erik unjustly request steward-access, thus using his newly acquired board authority to invoke maximum userrights for himself on the projects, the rights were actually given to him by his friend tim starling who never was an elected steward at all, but holds these rights, just as brion vibber does, purely as a developer, for technical reasons. i am sorry, but both went out of line here. the fact that he knew how to use the rights, yet seemed not to know how to take them away raises some more questions even.
it is because i could amost not believe that both had attempted to overstep their bounds so much, that i actually thought there might have been a board resolution of which i had no knowledge at all, therefore the title ''did i miss something?'' as both of them are certainly no ''noobs'' this also seems to explain why no apologies were offered i am afraid.
the more i think about it, the explanations offered afterwards i find highly disappointing too, but maybe i was expecting too much here. "purely for technical reasons" and "yay for self-mutilation" sound like someone having no notion of the responsibility that should go with his position, to be honest.
oscar