On Nov 14, 2007 2:28 PM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 14/11/2007, private musings thepmaccount@gmail.com wrote:
What do you good people think about the need or use of an editor ethical committee?
I think it would need to address the problem of editors who run five or six sockpuppets to be querulous in apparent tones of sweetness and light.
- d.
I'm afraid I don't understand. Are we now objecting to concerns raised in tones of sweetness and light? That appears to be counterproductive to any efforts to increase civility and collegiality.
(snipped from another email) Indeed. It's like JB196 complaining that a few of the accounts blocked as sockpuppets of his weren't in fact his. I wonder what an editor ethics committee would say to such a charge.
I would imagine that the complaints would likely be more relevant if they came from the real owners of the accounts blocked as sockpuppets. Of course, I have no opinion on the blocks - the other accounts may have been equally disruptive - but I would imagine that mentioning the excessive blocking isn't particularly a source of pride. If account Y has been blocked for reason X, it matters if reason X is not correct, even if account Y could have been blocked for reason Z with a little more investigation.
RR