[Foundation-l] [announcement] new staff member in business development

[Michael Bimmler]

On 5/20/07, Michael Bimmler <mbimmler at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is nothing personal against you but can we stop this right now?
> If anyone else wants to talk to Anthony about whether he is a "troll"
> or not, do it in private and *off-list*.
> I have already said this in a post to the list once
> (http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-May/030030.html)
> and I repeat my statement: Accusing each other of trolling in public
> only stimulates flame wars and is not
> in any other way helpful to this list. The next unlucky person who
> decides to entertain the list with ad personam comments about other
> subscribers risks being moderated.
>
Note, if this isn't clear enough: This also covers defamatory (ad
personam) comments against board members, the board as a whole,
Wikimedia Foundation staff (members and as a whole), committees etc
etc.

I certainly think that discussion is a good thing and I do not wish to
censor critical comments, even I think it is highly important that the
Foundation is open, transparent and open to public criticism. But this
needs be done with a certain decency, respect and should be done in a
constructive rather than destructive way.

Michael

>Thank you
> Michael
>
>
> > Cbrown1023
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
> > [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Alison
> > Wheeler
> > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 9:03 AM
> > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] [announcement] new staff member in business
> > development
> >
> > On Sun, May 20, 2007 13:26, Robert Leverington wrote:
> > > Please Anthony, stop being a troll. You are being completely ignorant and
> > > rude.
> >
> > Seconded.
> >
> > > On 20/05/07, Anthony <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
> > >> Leasing servers instead of purchasing
> > >> them is one factor which should help a great deal.
> >
> > Leasing equipment is what you do when you need the option to be able to
> > cancel it should trading conditions turn against you and you no longer
> > need the equipment (which is not the case with WMF - we *know* that our
> > usage will continue to increase not decrease) -or- you want to be able to
> > mark down the lease / interest payments against your tax liability, again
> > which does not apply to WMF.
> >
> > As Robert got to saying first, please be constructive and don't troll.
> >
> > Alison Wheeler
> >
> >
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