Tony Sidaway wrote:
AndyL said:
Considering Don's behaviour and considering that the conflict was occurring only on two or three pages related to the very narrow topic of red ensign flags the proposal to temp ban both of us from *all* articles pertaining to Canada (ie thousands of pages) was excessive and had I not noticed it (ie because I was busy with something else for a few days) it would have passed. So no, it should never have been considered. In fact, I believe it was on the verge of being approved (or technically even had the needed number of endorsers) until I intervened so this isn't a case of one arbitrator making a wild proposal and no one else picking it up but of the ArbComm panel agreeing to a proposal until the affected party noticed what was going on and said, in essence, "are you guys nuts?"
Suppose it had been passed, what harm would have been done to Wikipedia?
An editor in good standing feeling mistreated is the sort of thing that makes volunteers fade away, so all this is a matter of concern. Temp injunctions need to be applied with care.
- d.