[WikiEN-l] Admins who pretend to quit (was Re: MONGO and the ArbComm)

Sat Dec 16 02:16:09 UTC 2006

jayjg wrote:
> On 12/15/06, Parker Peters <onmywayoutster at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 12/15/06, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:37:03 -0500, "James Hare"
>>> <messedrocker at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Please refrain from accusing people of trolling. It's really not that
>>>> pleasant.
>>> The trolling itself is worse, though :-)
>>>
>>> Guy (JzG)
>>
>> I've spent a lot of time discussing this with Jimbo, he's already emailed
>> two people who were vexatiously trolling me, and I'd prefer not to have
>> people trying to troll me. It does nothing for the discussion.
>>
>> In other words, stop trying to [[shoot the messenger]] please. I agree with
>> about half of what I've seen you write, and I wish you didn't have this chip
>> on your shoulder making you accuse anyone who disagrees with you of
>> trolling. It doesn't help the debate in any fashion.
>>
>> That goes for you too, Jay.
> 
> There's no message, though, aside from "I'm a troll, please feed me".
> 

Actually, there /is/ a message; it's just that we've become so used to
screams of "omg admin abuse" that we tend to dismiss them outright
before checking to see if they're valid, which this one appears to be.
My apologies to Parker.

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