[WikiEN-l] Fwd: I have a problem with CheckUser as administered by JPGordon

[Parker Peters]

I am concerned that there has not been a single response beyond this to the
aggrieved user's post yet.

Parker

On 2/18/07, William Pietri <william at scissor.com> wrote:
>
> Hi, Samuel. Good pseudonym choice, by the way; I loved that movie.
>
> Samuel L Bronkowitz wrote:
> > I did not send "8 messages in a row." I sent updates, when new
> developments
> > happened.
> >
> > I see that the "moderation" system put them in all at once, and I got
> eight
> > "your comment is being moderated" notices at once.
> >
> > Since you obviously do not care about systemic abuse, feel free to just
> not
> > read my emails.
>
>
> People here do care a lot about systemic abuse.
>
> I think the problem you're running into is that a lot of people who end
> up on the unhappy end of some administrative action feel they are being
> abused, so we don't see a lot of correlation between accusations of
> abuse and actual abuse. That doesn't mean we don't care, but it does
> mean you probably won't get the instant and vigorous reaction you were
> hoping for.
>
> Further, you sent a lot of long messages in a short span of time,
> without waiting for a reaction. When writing to a large mailing list,
> anything you send takes up a lot of human time. I'm sure you didn't mean
> to give this impression, but demanding that people pay attention to that
> kind of volume doesn't demonstrate much respect for their time. A better
> approach would be to write one short, clear email and then wait for
> somebody to ask you for more details.
>
> And lastly, your messages came across to me as strident and demanding,
> messages from somebody who felt slighted and upset. I'm sorry you felt
> that way, but expressing that so strongly in your emails doesn't help
> your cause. The people here see a lot of drama, most of it unnecessary,
> and all of it wearying. There's also a negative correlation between the
> amount of strong negative emotion in a message and its utility. So in
> the future you're probably better off waiting until you cool down some.
>
> Does that help?
>
> Regards,
>
> William
>
>
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