[Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow
MZMcBride
z at mzmcbride.com
Wed Jan 26 22:54:22 UTC 2011
David Gerard wrote:
> 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.
I don't think Jimmy was calling _me_ a troll. I assume (in good faith) that
he was speaking generally.
Jimmy has previously made way too many off-the-cuff remarks that have gotten
him into hot water to repeat that mistake again, surely.
MZMcBride
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