[WikiEN-l] Missed Opportunities to have avoided the Durova Case

[Ray Saintonge]

Sam Blacketer wrote:
> On 11/27/07, Bryan Derksen <bryan.derksen at shaw.ca> wrote:
>   
>> If an administrator were to block someone with the explanation "I ran
>> this by some people on an IRC channel and they okayed it, but I can't
>> tell you who or where or why", that would quite rightly result in a
>> furore. "Some people on an IRC channel" don't have any authority to okay
>> anything
> No, they don't. Administrators are individually responsible for each and
> every administrative action they take. But I don't see how that is
> contradicted by what happened here: Durova was responsible for the block of
> !!, and she has been held to account for it. Precisely no-one appears to be
> arguing that Durova's responsibility is diminished because she ran it by a
> select group before taking action; even if that group had all supported the
> proposed action, it would still have been the responsibility of whoever
> performed the block.
Sure, an admin is responble for his or her actions, but I don't agree 
with making Durova a scapegoat for a much bigger problem.

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