[WikiEN-l] Moderation on this mailing list

[Ray Saintonge]

David Gerard wrote:

>On 20/02/07, Stephen Bain <stephen.bain at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>On 2/20/07, Mark Ryan <ultrablue at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>Ah, but the emails in question contained diffs which they claimed
>>>shewed that the administrators in question were "abusive". Should
>>>those have been let through?
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>>>
>>Calling someone "abusive" is still an ad hominem statement. Rather
>>than saying "Admin X is abusive!1!" the person should say "Admin X
>>engaged in behaviour on Y page that seemed abusive to me, here's some
>>diffs..."
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>wikien-l is to some extent an official channel for complaint. Starting
>unduly stroppy is generally forgivable.
>
>But if the accusations are serious, list readers will reasonably
>expect details and diffs.
>
Sure, and it's understandable if this is missing from the initial 
complaint.  If a listmember wants to take it further he can always ask 
those questions.  Stonewalling the questions will do nothing to settle 
the problem.

Ec