On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Jimmy Wales wrote:
I think it is not co-operative of you to suggest that
he's "unwilling
to admit". :-) Let's assume that I did it, by sheer accident, and
let's accept my apology for any pain that I have caused, and let's all
move on. I will help to restore the pages.
I agree with this analysis of the situation.
I'll compose a (publicly-editable, of course) page about what basic
policies we will follow in deleting pages permanently.
Frankly, the last two weeks have been unusually unpleasant for me, and
this situation must stop. My continuing to add, indeed, detailed replies
does nothing but continue the unpleasantness, so I'm going to issue the
following blanket apology:
I'm *truly* sorry for any unjustified contribution I have made to the
flame-ridden atmosphere of Wikipedia in recent weeks, and I fully
acknowledge that there are a number of issues that I could have handled
more diplomatically, tactfully, and with greater friendliness and good
will.
In the future I will try to do better in all respects; being a fallible
human, however, I can guarantee that I will make mistakes.
Larry Sanger