[WikiEN-l] BJAODN restored again

[Ray Saintonge]

Brock Weller wrote:

>SJ just got all them back up, with the notation to avoid wheel-warring,
>which leads me to think he's not aware of what went one already with the
>pages... *sigh* Seriously, why does anyone care this much one way or the
>other about these?
>
Your participation in the debate shows that you care this much in your 
own way.  Perhaps you might begin by quietly asking yourself that question.

Thank you, SJ?

The most important issue in this dispute has not been the worth of these 
pages or the copyright/GFDL issue.  It has been the unilateral action of 
an admin who chooses to ignore a substantial contrary body of opinion, 
and in the face of clear alternatives that have been presented.

Sometimes admins can and do take unilateral action, and sometimes these 
actions are even acceptable.  A good admin, however, has the wisdom to 
recognize when those actions provoke needless controversy.  In those 
circumstances being "right" is not enough.  So too is being right not 
enough when we proceed on a green light while ignoring the speeding 
driver that is coming the other way without paying attention to his red 
light.

I find the single-minded self-righteousness with which some people want 
to perfect the encyclopedia extremely disturbing.  Often it happens in 
relation to articles that I find to have dubious value, and in which I 
would normally find no interest in participating.  But these situations 
come to the top for reasons other than the value of the article.  
Someone bases a decision on self-righteousness to the exclusion of any 
possible alternatives.  Just like the real world! ... and I thought we 
wanted better.

Ec