[WikiEN-l] "Dust has settled" considered euphemistic (re:172 & VV)

Thu Jun 24 22:52:50 UTC 2004

On 6/24/04 10:07 AM, "Poor, Edmund W" <Edmund.W.Poor at abc.com> wrote:

> Abe (user:172) has asked me to inform the mailing list that I have
> "retracted" my request to ban him. I'd like to take this opportunity to
> clarify a few points.
> 
> When I asked, "Can we ban 172 and VV?", I was using a rhetorical device.
> What I sought was merely that ALL parties concerned, would be in
> compliance with Wikipedia policy. Be cooperative, or be elsewhere:
> nothing more, nothing less.
> 
> I've broken a lot of log jams at Wikipedia, and when I set out to do
> something here I've always succeeded. If it's an article, I've always
> been able to find a way to get all the contributors to agree on both the
> process and the product. If it's a 'troublesome user', it's a bit more
> involved.

Wow. Like George W. Bush, incapable of thinking of a single failure.

Ed, why don't you just admit that your question was inappropriate and
incendiary, instead of arguing that it somehow helps matters?