[WikiEN-l] re: An observation

[martin at myreddice.freeserve.co.uk]

Hi folks.

Firstly, I would like to thank Danny. Despite your annoyance at my actions, and your 
concern for the wellbeing of Wikipedia, you were polite and calm in your criticism. 
Criticism is often a bitter pill to swallow, but you were a perfect gentleman, and I 
genuinely appreciate that.

Secondly, I have been informed that some may feel that I am accusing Jimbo 
Wales, or Wikipedians generally, of hypocricy, regarding my comments on whether 
these lists are "unmoderated". I did not mean to imply any such thing, and, for the 
record I do not think that any of you are hypocritical. I *did* have a point behind my 
post, but it is not important, so I am happy to completely retract it. I apologise for the 
offence my careless choice of words has caused.

Thirdly, I should note that my sysop powers were the result of a fairly informal 
decision by Ed Poor, rather than the general acclamation that has greeted recent 
sysops. As such I feel somewhat lacking in democratic accountability! :) While I wish 
to retain my deletion and undeletion powers solely for the purpose of merging page 
histories or moving page titles, I would like to announce here that I will no longer 
take any other sysop-restricted actions, until further notice. I hope you can all trust 
me to keep my word on this matter.

Finally, I'm currently discussing this matter privately with Danny and other interested 
parties. If you have any feedback, positive or negative (especially negative feedback 
that is as polite and well-reasoned as Danny's), then I would be deleted to hear from 
any of you. In particular, I would like to hear from Jtdirl, who I have much respect 
for, despite our diametrically opposed views. My email adress is 
wikipedia at myreddice.co.uk.

-Martin "MyRedDice" Harper