[WikiEN-l] Indefinite block and desysopping by User:Danny

[Ray Saintonge]

Matt R wrote:

>Kelly Martin <kelly.lynn.martin at gmail.com>:
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>>On 4/20/06, Matt R <matt_crypto at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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>>>Kelly Martin <kelly.lynn.martin at gmail.com>:
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>>>
>>>>That does not excuse reversion without discussion.  Even taking as an
>>>>assumption that Danny had been acting on his own behalf, Erik's
>>>>actions could easily have been the start of a wheel war, and were
>>>>inappropriate by any reasonable standard.
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>>>>
>>>Yet, equally, that does not excuse the indefinite blocking of a Wikipedian in
>>>good-standing.
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>>>
>>Except he wasn't an Wikipedian in good standing; he had attempted to
>>start a wheel war.
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>What you are arguing is untenable. Even if we agree with your interpretation 
>that Erik was starting a wheel-war, an indefinite block was not an appropriate 
>reaction by any reasonable standard (to use your phrase). We kick people off
>the project in a limited set of circumstances: when it's clear that they are hindering
>us more than they are helping us. Danny, for all the good work that he no doubt
>does, did the wrong thing here. For him to acknowledge this in a public forum would
>be reassuring.
>
Danny's silence in this series of threads has been very loud.  He, more 
than anyone else, is in a position to quell the flames with one short post.

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