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