Tony Sidaway wrote:
AndyL said:
>Considering Don's behaviour and considering
that the conflict was
>occurring only on two or three pages related to the very narrow topic
>of red ensign flags the proposal to temp ban both of us from *all*
>articles pertaining to Canada (ie thousands of pages) was excessive and
>had I not noticed it (ie because I was busy with something else for a
>few days) it would have passed. So no, it should never have been
>considered. In fact, I believe it was on the verge of being approved
>(or technically even had the needed number of endorsers) until I
>intervened so this isn't a case of one arbitrator making a wild
>proposal and no one else picking it up but of the ArbComm panel
>agreeing to a proposal until the affected party noticed what was going
>on and said, in essence, "are you guys nuts?"
Suppose it had been passed, what harm would have been
done to Wikipedia?
An editor in good standing feeling mistreated is the sort of thing that
makes volunteers fade away, so all this is a matter of concern. Temp
injunctions need to be applied with care.
- d.