On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 15:53, Aryeh Gregor Simetrical+wikilist@gmail.com wrote:
You're mistaken. The toolserver has strict rules:
https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Rules
Using toolserver access in a manner that does not further the toolserver's goals (or, indeed, hinders them) is a misappropriation of donated resources and will be dealt with harshly. More than a few users' accounts have been shut down for abuse. Even if something is not specifically against the rules, toolserver roots reserve the right to prohibit or penalize it ex post facto at their discretion. As the rules say: "The toolserver is not a wiki and excuses such as 'the rules didn't say I can't do this' will be ignored."
Since this isn't urgent, I'll leave it for more active admins to deal with. However, I would not be at all surprised if the user was asked to take down the redirect, at the very least.
As admin (but not Toolserver admin), the sense of rules similar to " excuses such as 'the rules didn't say I can't do this' will be ignored." is obvious to me and it means "don't make troubles". Having a redirect to a Wikipedia page is not "making troubles".
This issue could be discussed more and I am not saying that the best way for making directory listing forbidden is to make such redirect. However, raising this issue at foundation-l is more about making troubles than having such redirect.
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I'm sorry but I don't see the wisdom in antagonizing someone for bringing a legitimate concern to this list. It might not be the right place and he did copy the message to toolserver-l but telling him "to stop using toolserver...if you have problem with profanity on user's main personal page." does not seem right.
It almost seems like you're defending this person on toolserver or the idea of having profanity on a user's "main personal page".
Jason