As others have pointed out, the five editors she
discussed it with may not even realize themselves who they are,
because Durova may have mistaken no objections for positive feedback
-- or she may have thought that feedback about her case study was the
same as feedback about a block. So the implication that there are five
editors somewhere in hiding, letting Durova face the music alone,
misses the point that they may have said X, but Durova heard Y. There
is therefore no point in conducting a witchhunt.
Sarah
Absolutely, however, the hunt for the others on the grassy knoll is now
now doomed to enter the wikipedia mythology. Unfortunately, this whole
incident simply demonstrates the corrosive effects of paranoia, conspiracy
theories, and the obsession with "outing" and purging evildoers. Avoiding
paranoia is simply "Assume Good Faith" writ large.
Perhaps it's time for us all to say "I'm Spartacus" - and don't
bother
throwing me in the lake, because I float.
Doc
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