[WikiEN-l] Re: Mediation board

[KNOTT, T]

Please people - enough. This is clearly a misunderstanding, nothing more. Let's let the matter rest.

Theresa

-----Original Message-----
From: Timwi [mailto:timwi at gmx.net] 
Sent: 18 March 2004 15:07
To: wikien-l at wikipedia.org
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Re: Mediation board

Erik Moeller wrote:

> Yes, I remember that message.

Ah, so you even knew that there was something other than 
"deleted"/"yesterday" in the thread.

>>I recognise your hard work Erik, and I recognise your dedication. I
>>never said you did this deletion ill-meaning, not even that it was an
>>error, because I know you did so thinking well. But this post was
>>important, and it was not your to decide it was crap.
> 
> Yes, it was.

The more you insist on this, the more I'm worried you might do it again, 
which in turn diminuates my trust in you as a moderator. Not that I care 
much, since I'm not using the board either, nor am I a mediator, but I 
feel that Anthère and the other mediators deserve better treatment for 
their work for Wikipedia.

> The message board was my idea, I configured it, I volunteered to maintain  
> it. It is completely unfair to attack me for doing what I was supposed to  
> do at the time.

I'm pretty sure that I could set up several more of those boards each 
day, configure them and even delete a few threads here and there. I 
believe it is a much greater step to volunteer to mediate. It's much 
more delicate and much less rewarding business.

> What I question is the way you brought this issue to the fore, the public  
> message, the "we are being oppressed!" tone, the "this is none of your  
> business!" type comments, the "just like with 168" insinuation.

I agree with you that the latter insinuation was inappropriate, but I 
already said that. I don't remember seeing the first, and the second one 
is entirely correct.

> The next  
> time you have an issue with something I do, I would very much appreciate  
> it if you would tell me so in private so we can seek a resolution, instead  
> of screaming bloody murder without just cause.

As far as I understood this, nobody knew who actually deleted the 
thread. It was therefore perfectly justified to post to the mailing 
list. Given the frustration and annoyance caused by the thread deletion, 
the tone of the posting was perfectly understandable.

> But as a mediator, I really expect more from you  
> in terms of interpersonal communication

says the "administrator" of the board who deleted a thread without a 
trace of interpersonal communication...

Timwi

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