[WikiEN-l] Office actions

[Alphax (Wikipedia email)]

Parker Peters wrote:
> On 12/15/06, Earle Martin <wikipedia at downlode.org> wrote:
>> On 15/12/06, Stephen Bain <stephen.bain at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 12/15/06, Earle Martin <wikipedia at downlode.org> wrote:
>>>> On 14/12/06, Matthew Brown <morven at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> I suspect in many circumstances Danny will not be able to respond to
>>>>> such questions, since he doesn't want an official decision of the
>>>>> Foundation on record.
>>>> I thought this project was founded on accountability.
>>> Editors are accountable for their own actions.
>>>
>>> The Foundation rightly does not want to be accountable for other
>>> people's actions.
>> I have no idea where you got the idea that I was asking the Foundation
>> to be responsible for other people's actions. I'll quote you again the
>> text (quoted above) that I was replying to:
>>
>> "Danny... doesn't want an official decision of the Foundation on record."
>>
>> In this case, it was an "office action", which appears to generally
>> equate to "putting stuff in the memory hole".
>>
>> Is it Foundation policy to hide official decisions of the Foundation?
>> Or is it Danny policy? Either way, it appears that the management of
>> this project is asymptotically approaching that of the Open[sic]
>> Directory Project.
>>
>> --
>> Earle Martin
> 
> 
> Given that the risk of violating an Office action is Danny having you
> banned/desysopped/draped in sackcloth and ashes, I think that the boundaries
> of Office actions need to be spelled out pretty clearly. Hiding them is not
> good for the project.
> 

Given the number of people who don't understand or don't care that what
happens on Wikipedia can have real-world implications, a suitable degree
of "HERE BE DRAGONS" /is/ needed.

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