[WikiEN-l] Arbiter involvement on the Durova affair

[jayjg]

On Dec 1, 2007 11:07 AM, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> On Dec 1, 2007 10:52 AM, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
> > On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 15:25:00 +0000, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Openness will from time to time require semi private communications
> > >become public.
> >
> > In this case, it was necessary to publish the email only in order to
> > ensure that Durova was adequately humiliated.  You'll excuse me, I
> > hope, for finding that just ever so slightly distasteful.
> >
> If that was the only reason it was done I'd find it distasteful too.
> Justified, but distasteful.  In this case the publication of the email
> served at least one other purpose, though.  It served to bring to
> public light the existence of two secret mailing lists and gave us all
> at least a hint at the improper things which are occurring on those
> mailing lists.

Actually, it didn't do either, since neither list was "secret", and
there is no indication that "improper things" are occurring on those
mailing lists.

> And, frankly, it's for that reason that some arb com
> members want to punish Giano.

That's not being "frank", that's just being assuming bad faith *and*
being completely incorrect. Please don't mistake the former for the
latter.

> Humiliating people who have made a
> mistake isn't the problem.

Err, yes it is. And you persist.