[Foundation-l] Board statement of responsibility

[Thomas Dalton]

On 18/05/2008, Mike Godwin <mgodwin at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>  Thomas writes:
>
>  > Expressing disagreement with someone involves saying, in some form or
>  > other "I think you are wrong." That is criticism, and it's of a
>  > person, thus it's personal criticism. Perhaps we're using different
>  > definitions of "criticise"? (In addition to different spellings ;))
>
>
> I think it's more likely that we're using different definitions of
>  "personal."

That's entirely possible. I mean "of a person", what do you mean?

>  If you believe I'm using the wrong definition of "personal" or
>  "criticize," please be assured that I don't take it as a personal
>  criticism.

Well, I would. However, I think you're just using a *different*
definition, not wrong one. I would call that a misunderstanding,
rather than a disagreement.