Delirium wrote:
Basically: Are WP:OFFICE actions supposed to always be publicly announced and scrutinized by the community? It was my impression that they were, but some of the discussion in this set of threads has made the issue more murky.
WP:OFFICE should be done publicly. I am certain that at least old time Wikipedians would have enough of a clue to not act like jerks if we can't explain right away what is going on.
We should be very clear about the distinction between things done under the rubric of WP:OFFICE (which means at the moment Danny and/or Brad for the most part although in some cases I suppose it could go further than that) and things done by me in accordance with our longstanding community traditions.