[Wikimedia-l] OFFICE actions and WMF image tagging

[Richard Symonds]

I should say that I was involved in some discussion as an
admin/functionary, in the block of this user on en-wp, before the office
action happened. I've seen some of the evidence independently of the
office, and based on evidence I've seen as a volunteer, I support the
global lock. Beta M was not a user I was comfortable with having on en-wp,
or indeed on any project. I can't go into details any more than the office
can, but I hope that, as a volunteer (and sort of a trusted one), you can
trust me.

I can, I think, say that there was a very, very good reason that this user
was blocked. Very, very good.

Richard
(User: Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry) as a volunteer


On 3 July 2012 19:40, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Deryck Chan <deryckchan at wikimedia.hk>
> wrote:
>
> > On 3 July 2012 19:08, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I love it when people send e-mails to the public list, and purposefully
> > > refrain from actually discussing the actual events at issue. You have
> to
> > > read 3/4ths of the e-mail to get an idea that it's about someone being
> > > blocked, but you still don't know why, when, or by whom.
> > >
> >
> > That's precisely the crux of the problem: office actions often aren't
> > properly explained and documented. No one who wasn't involved in the
> > original "office action" decision really knows why, when, or by whose
> > authority was the office action taken out.
> >
> >
> >
> Except as I then described, in fact the specifics are known - it was done
> at Sue's request, in mid-March, after she consulted with the GC and after
> Jimbo weighed in. Several other WMF staffers then commented about its
> status as an office action and their inability to publicly justify it. I
> understand why people will have a problem with that reply, it's just
> irritating to get a discussion prompt with vague allusions that you then
> have to go digging through in order to understand what the heck is going on
> :-P
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