[WikiEN-l] (Active Voice) Where went the man?

[Steve Bennett]

I've placed Jay on moderation.

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:50 AM, Jay Litwyn
<brewhaha at freenet.edmonton.ab.ca> wrote:
> "Thomas Dalton" <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:a4359dff0905210711m79740eb0k597998ce64daa1bb at mail.gmail.com...
>> 2009/5/21 Jay Litwyn <brewhaha at freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>:
>>> "Eugene van der Pijll" <eugene at vanderpijll.nl> wrote in message
>>> news:20090521074620.GA594 at alva.mail.gmail.com...
>>>> Jay Litwyn schreef:
>>>>> Where did that donkey kick a man?
>>>>
>>>> Your point is unclear. If you think [[Politics and the English
>>>> Language]] needs a better intro, take it to that talk page.
>>>
>>> If it were a standard essay, rather than an explanation of the difference
>>> between active and passive voice,
>>> then it would hav a point that was not trying to be cute in leading to a
>>> tagline. I am disallowed from talk pages and e-mail. The admin who
>>> started
>>> the process against me egzajerated his claims against me, did not finish
>>> the
>>> process or contribute to my claims against him, and he did indicate
>>> frustration with my communications, so I desisted communication with him.
>>>
>>> All I might do is link point four to the wikipedia guideline on active
>>> voice. The definition of <a
>>> href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_passive_voice"> passive
>>> voice</a>
>>> needs work. I see no way to make the declaration of independence into
>>> active
>>> voice, and that was not done in the article, either, so I do not think it
>>> is
>>> a good example. If it can be activated, then it should be done to show
>>> the
>>> antonym, active voice. If not, then someone should find a better example.
>>
>> I don't see how a discussion of the active and passive voice is within
>> the scope of the mailing list. If you have problems with a block on
>> the English Wikipedia and wish to complain about an admin and cannot
>> contact anyone to help you then email ArbCom on
>> arbcom-l at lists.wikimedia.org and they will review the case.
>
> This list is about the nature of wikipedia, and perhaps whether it should
> hav style guidelines, which it does. I know "white cat", to begin with,
> chafes at having such rules. I don't, so I am promoting one of them. I hope
> you will understand that in the condition of my account, as it stands now,
> regardless of how ArbCom will respond to my submission three months ago,
> this is my sole avenue for suggesting changes, including any comments that
> would fit better on talk pages.
>
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