[WikiEN-l] Brandt compromise

[Guy Chapman aka JzG]

On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:52:16 +0200, "Erik Moeller"
<erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:

>Daniel Brandt (and any other person in a similar situation) ought to
>be permitted to comment directly on the talk page of his biography as
>long as he does not become extremely disruptive, irrespective of
>off-wiki conduct. He does not, from his comments I've seen, appear to
>have any interest in Wikipedia beyond that, anyway. So, his editing
>privileges can be limited in this way -- enforced by another block if
>he violates this basic rule. (The overall block would only be lifted
>if there is a more substantial improvement in the relationship, mutual
>apologies, and so forth.)

This makes much better sense to me.

>Yes, this means he will keep us busy with comments and objections to
>the way the bio is phrased. But I think that's only fair; we put it
>there, we refuse to remove it on his request, we should at least give
>him a very simple & public method of pointing out what he considers to
>be bias or errors. 

A simple way, yes.  Email.  To OTRS.  But if we absolutely insist on
allowing him to comment on the talk page, with the proviso that he
stays there, does not harass, and does not engage in agitation to have
the thing removed (which is doomed to fail and thus inherently
disruptive) then I guess this might be a way forward.

Guy (JzG)
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