[WikiEN-l] Admins shouldn't shoot back

[James Farrar]

On 17/06/07, Slim Virgin <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/17/07, K P <kpbotany at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 6/16/07, Slim Virgin <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 6/16/07, James Farrar <james.farrar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >So she naturally
> > > > did the instinctive thing when under attack, which is to shoot back.
> > >
> > > If his/her "instinctive thing" when asked a question by a fellow admin
> > > is to "shoot back," s/he ought not be an admin. Whichever way you look
> > > at it, the response was not good, and quite a few people opposed on
> > > that basis alone.
> > >
> >
> > I'll save this one for requoting in the future.  Admins do shoot back,
> > all of the time, they escalate things, the dance around direct
> > questions leading to needless chatter.
>
> When someone shoots back during their RfA, when you can expect them to
> be on their best behavior, then it's a big problem.

Unless, of course, she thought the RFA was dead in the water, so she
might as well go down swinging.