[WikiEN-l] Votes for deletion

Sun Aug 17 18:36:29 UTC 2003

On 17 Aug 2003, Erik Moeller wrote:
 > > I choose not to follow this policy as I consider
> it unnecessary extra
> > work,

Oliver Pereira <omp199 at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
 > Hmm. Are you by any chance a supporter of
> [[Wikipedia:Ignore all rules]]?
> I was under the impression that a prerequisite of
> having sysop status was
> agreeing to follow the policies. Somebody correct me
> if I'm wrong. Still,
> even if it isn't, I don't think it sets a good
> example to say that you are
> going to ignore a policy. Perhaps it would be better
> if you were to argue
> for it to be made explicitly optional?

I agree with the sentiments expressed by Oliver here
-- not that I dont understand Eriks comment as tongue
in cheek ;)-- but Erik's recent "unilateral removal"
of RK from nomination was a bit too "unilateral" -- as
such a philosophy of unilateralism tends to contradict
the more general notions of voting, democracy, and so
forth.

That said, his action was only wrong in that it was
too much in good taste (as my attempt was half-baked)
and his comments were the catalyst that caused me to
be more thoughtful about the issue and make a more
serious campain for RK's sysopdom.

Jeez - was Dubya "right" to just go ahead and invade
Iraq after all?
-S- 

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