Brigitte, I agree with you. You raised some very good points.
Sincerely, Virgilio A. P. Machado At 03:47 20-10-2010, you wrote: >________________________________ From: Austin >Hair <adh...@gmail.com> To: Wikimedia Foundation >Mailing List <foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >Sent: Tue, October 19, 2010 12:35:07 PM Subject: >Re: [Foundation-l] Greg Kohs and Peter Damian On >Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Nathan ><nawr...@gmail.com> wrote: > If it pleases the >moderators, might we know on what basis Greg >was > banned and Peter indefinitely muzzled? >Greg Kohs was banned for the same reason that >he's been on moderation for the better part of >the past year—namely, that he was completely >unable tto keep his contributions civil, and >caused more flamewars than constructive >discussion. Peter Damian is only on moderation, >and we'll follow our usual policy of letting >through anything that could be considered even >marginally acceptable. We really are very >liberal about this—otheerwise you wouldn't have >heard from Mr. Kohs at all in the past six >months. I'm sure that my saying this won't >convince anyone who's currently defending him, >but nothing about the decision to ban Greg Kohs >was retaliatory. I'll also (not for the first >time) remind everyone that neither the Wikimedia >Foundation Board, nor its staff, nor any chapter >or other organizational body has any say in the >administration of this list. I hope that clears >up all of the questions asked in this thread so >far. It is not about defending anyone but about >the fact that the "I know bannable when I see >it" theory of moderation is unconstructive and >leads to dramafests. The next ban is the one >that will likely cause a real flame war. I >suspect *more* people would be on moderation if >any sort of objective criteria were being >used. The lack of explanation over this bothers >me so much because I suspect that you *can't* >explain it. It seems to be the sort of gut-shot >that hasn't been thought through. Moderate more >people based on real criteria, rather than how >you feel about them. Birgitte >SB >_______________________________________________ >foundation-l mailing list >foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
