On 25 July 2012 23:55, geni <geni...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 25 July 2012 23:35, James Farrar <james.far...@gmail.com> wrote: >> That is a matter of opinion, not a matter of fact (though portrayed as one). > > Within common English it is an accepted way of stating a firmly held > opinion and it was backed up by a number of arguments which you have > failed to address.
Deliberately so; given my position it is inappropriate for me to take sides on the matter. >> Even if it were a matter of fact, as there is no requirement for board >> members to disclose their username(s) it is impossible to prevent >> banned users from standing for election to the Board. > > Firstly someone doing it in secret would present a very different > political situation. Secondly in practice the pretty much standard > question between wikipedians meeting in meatspace is what is your > usename. Not answering would make getting elected difficult. As may be. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
