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

[jayjg]

On Nov 28, 2007 3:02 PM, Alec Conroy <alecmconroy at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/28/07, jayjg <jayjg99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Nov 28, 2007 1:22 PM, Alec Conroy <alecmconroy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > It would have been impossible to assess Durova's judgment (and lack
> > > thereof) without actually seeing the evidence.
> >
> > Who made you her judge and jury? The action has resulted in an ArbCom
> > case, the ArbCom is assessing it.
>
> The community is the judge and jury of every admin action.
> Particularly when there is an Request for Comments from the community.
>    Remember us-- the community?  Every admin is theoretically supposed
> to have our trust?

The community can comment without seeing personal e-mails, and the RfC
became moot when the RFAR was opened.

>
> > > She has, supposedly,
> > > threatened to sue the foundation for copyright violation is the email
> > > is published on-wiki, and that is a risk the foundation does not want
> > > to take.
> >
> > Has she? I wasn't aware of that.
>
> Yeah--  supposedly foundation employee Bastique removed the material
> based on Durova's copyright claims.

Where did Bastique say that Durova threatened to sue the foundation?

> Besides, Durova has been repeatedly asked for permission to publish
> the email on wiki, and has yet to grant it-- forcing anyone who wants
> to speak intelligently about this subject to visit Wikitruth.

Oddly enough, the reading of that e-mail has not seemed to produce that result.