[WikiEN-l] The admin problem

[Stan Shebs]

Jon wrote:

>Stop wikilawyering.
>   
>  It was clear that these images were going to go. That's the important thing.
>   
>  Ok, TBSDY cut to the chase - but he got the job done. "Process" is not some god to be bowed down to. Now, ok, if TBSDY deleted images wholesale where there was a realistic possibility that after going through a fuller process they would have stayed, then there would be some point in asking him not to do the same thing in the future  - and even then you shouldn't rake him over the coals for actions clearly conducted in good faith. However, in this case, noting this email, there is no doubt - the images were doomed and the only action worth doing in response is thanking TBSDY for carry out the administrative chore.
>
Actually, it's not clear at all. TBSDY even asked about fair use rationales
for TIME covers on the fair use project, and I answered with some ideas for
what might constitute fair use, but instead of continuing with the 
discussion,
seems to have gone ahead and acted to delete anyway. If that's going to be
the extent of "discussion", then please just stop with the charade and 
delete
all fair use images right now - the fait accompli will make some people 
happy
and save me wasting my time on this whole issue (not necessarily a bad idea,
since I have a personal backlog of at least 2,000 images to add to commons).

Stan