[WikiEN-l] Editing with open proxies

K P kpbotany at gmail.com
Mon Jun 18 19:45:59 UTC 2007


On 6/18/07, Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 18/06/07, jayjg <jayjg99 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > So, you use your judgment to make these decisions. That's valid and
> > > expected.  CU status is given to those we assume to have good judgment
> > > on these sort of issues.
> > >
> > > But it is exactly your judgment that is in question here:
> >
> > You have made a logical error; just because you have questioned my
> > judgement, it doesn't mean my judgement is in question.
>
> With the best will in the world, I concur with him. Dropping it into
> the RFA was really not a very good way of going about it; there are
> more tactful ways of doing things that *don't* immediately spark a
> polarised, angry, lengthy debate, and make both sides look foolish.
>
> But, no, we got Drama instead. Well, that was a productive use of the
> past couple of days for all concerned.
>
> > > I honestly think that you should consider resigning your CU status.
> > > Accept responsibility for your own actions. At the very minimum, you
> > > should admit an error in judgment.
> >
> > That's great Rich. You know what? Some people feel the exact opposite.
> > And some people feel that the entire atmosphere on this subject has
> > been poisoned by some WR trolls. It's nice that the wikien-l list can
> > accommodate such a wide spectrum of views.
>
> Way to go. Anyone who doesn't feel you did the right thing is now, we
> are assured, Doing The Work Of The Evil That May Not Be Named. Please.
>
> And you wonder why people get twitchy?
>
> --
> - Andrew Gray
>  andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk
>
What are "WR" trolls by the way?  What is "WR?"

KP



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