I've already told two people I'm withdrawing my miniscule monthly
contribution if Ashley remains an official, on the grounds that geni
stated at the beginning of this thread.
Doug
On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Jon Davies <jon.davies(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
This is a healthy debate to have and one that I can
assure you staff and
trustees have been engaging in too.
What I would caution against is too much dogmatism. "This is what must
happen...' etc to paraphrase.
This is a very complicated issue with years of background.
As Chris Keating, a trustee, has said, let me know what you think, in
confidence if you would prefer, and I will continue to report your feelings.
And to put this in a human context the board is without a chair on this
issue as Fae is, quite properly, staying out of the discussions. This is
making reaching a consensus quite time consuming.
The board meets tonight so any thoughts, preferably in the proper Wikipedian
spirit, to me by then.
Jon Davies
Chief Executive.
On 26 July 2012 08:55, Charles Matthews <charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com>
wrote:
On 25 July 2012 22:40, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Those who read the signpost or follow arbcom for
whatever reason will
know that “Fæ is indefinitely banned from the English Language
Wikipedia. He may request reconsideration of the ban six months after
the enactment of this remedy, and every six months thereafter.”
This is incompatible with him remaining chair and for that matter a
board member.
No it isn't in any legalistic sense. It is also not "incompatible"
with Fæ getting on with serious work for the chapter while the enWP
situation, involving a high degree of mischief-making, calms down.
To try to make the point concisely: ArbCom makes judgements of this
kind, "what, all considered, is the best thing to do about this
mess/wrangle/farrago we have been asked to sort out?" Quarrels gets
dumped in its lap, and it has to make a call about where next. To take
its remit, which is solely about enWP, to be wider, is a sort of
mistake of reading too much in.
Charles
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