On 9/13/07, WikipediaEditor Durin wikidurin@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/13/07, George Herbert george.herbert@gmail.com wrote:
I still find it unfortunate that (from what I have seen) you have reacted this negatively to the shift in consensus position on fair use of non-free images.
I think you fail to understand that consensus can not override that Wikipedia is not a fair use encyclopedia. It is a free content encyclopedia. I'm sorry you do not seem to understand this.
...well, I'm extremely sorry you feel this inflexibly about it. This issue seems to have been the last straw that drove you to separate yourself from the project, and other than this particular issue, your contributions are sorely missed.
I believe I speak for the new consensus, though, and that it extends up to at least informal agreement at all levels. This has been rather unfortunately divisive, but it is important.
I think your personal experience has come to illustrate a rather
negative long-term trend, though, the editor / admin burnout problem.
And I think you're attempting to trivialize my comments as those coming from an editor who is burned out. I neither appreciate the attempt nor agree that it is correct. I thank you for your input, but you are quite incorrect.
Your communications before, during, and after your departure match the type and tenor of the burned-out-senior-admin (which we have unfortunately had enough to recognize well, by now).
I'm sorry if you object to my generalization, but that's what it looked like to me.