[Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

[David Gerard]

On 26 January 2011 07:24, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia-inc.com> wrote:
> On 1/21/11 5:46 PM, David Gerard wrote:

>> No-one is in fact obliged to respond to you on foundation-l, indeed
>> many WMF employees and WMF and chapter volunteers don't read it,
>> referring instead to it as troll-l. It would be nice if this weren't
>> the case.

> I know a good way to help achieve that.  Ban the trolls.  It's what we
> do on the wiki, and it works.


I think MZ has a reasonable misunderstanding, and was just horribly
unpleasant in his phrasing. Hence my attempt to address his concerns
properly, even speaking just as any old volunteer.

The trouble with trolls is that there's a grey area of "inept" between
"polite" and "trolling".


- d.