[WikiEN-l] Durova/!! matter now in newspaper.

[David Gerard]

On 04/12/2007, Steve Summit <scs at eskimo.com> wrote:
> Avi wrote:

> > What bothers me about the quote below is that it completely ignores the
> > fact that like-minded editors usually have the same articles watchlisted;
> > not to mention the fact that we all have editors who when we see there
> > names as the last edit in our watchlist, pique our interest to look at
> > the discussion--editors we agree or disagree with. It's more likely, IMO,
> > to ascribe "blocks" to editor watchlists than private lists, although that
> > could just be naivte.

> The private lists are not the problem per se.  The problem
> is that there is behind-the-scenes collusion (in any form),
> that it is leading to action, that it is leading to hasty or
> mal-thought-action, and most importantly, that this is being
> condoned by some part of he community.


I'd call it more "unavoidable" than "condoned" per se. The community
still pretty clearly holds the person acting responsible for their
actions. If emailing other editors is considered evil, you'll get
people appearing to agree without even adding "I discussed this with
[actor] and ..."


- d.