[Foundation-l] New list admin: Ral315

Sun Aug 17 00:21:44 UTC 2008

Jon wrote:
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> Michael Snow wrote:
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>> Al Tally wrote:
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>>> 2008/8/17 effe iets anders <effeietsanders at gmail.com>
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>>>> folks, please. If Michael thinks he's a good guy, I'm fine with it. I
>>>> don't think that mawning on how he made the choice etc will help a
>>>> lot. Welcome, Ral315!
>>>>
>>>> Lodewijk
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>>> I'm not particularly interested *how* he was chosen... more *why*
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>>> I don't distrust Michael, but his idea of a good person may and will differ
>>> from other people's.
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>>> NVS and I also offered to help months ago, but nothing came of that.
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>> So in other words, the reason you're critical of the person chosen is 
>> because you were passed over?
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>> --Michael Snow
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> Mr. Snow,
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> With respect - I think he stated he was critical because of the current
> choices inactivity.  Not the fact that he was passed over.  Where in
> Wikimedia did you come up with that?
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I asked because when something like this is brought up so quickly, the 
very natural inference is that it is the real motivation for the 
challenge, not the reason initially stated as a pretense. I observe that 
neither of the existing list admins, and Austin especially, is noted for 
being an especially high-volume poster to the list.

And on a mailing list where people regularly complain about the volume 
of posts detracting from the discussion, it seems rather misplaced to 
consider that kind of activity the primary criterion for those who might 
help moderate. There are enough concerns about "editcountitis" in the 
community, let's not import it from wikis to mailing lists.

--Michael Snow