[WikiEN-l] Adam [name omitted for privacy reasons]

Thu Sep 11 17:25:24 UTC 2003

I thought Evercat did a pretty decent job of
establishing a pattern... look at Evercats page for a
sublink.  

And... welcome back, Adam
~S~

--- Jimmy Wales <jwales at bomis.com> wrote:
> Adam [name omitted for privacy reasons] and I have been having a long
> discussion, and he would
> like for me to reinstate him.  He is of the belief
> that I am the only
> one who would be against this, although he does
> allow as there may be
> some complaints from those who have been most
> strongly against him in
> the past.
> 
> However, at this point in time, I have no objections
> to his return,
> and would like to reinstate him under the name 'Adam
> [name omitted for privacy reasons]'.
> 
> The interpersonal courtesies that would be expected
> of him at that
> point would be the same as expected of anyone.  That
> is to say, he
> would not be on any sort of extra-special probation,
> although of
> course he should be aware that some people will be
> wary of him at
> first.
> 
> The important thing, to me, is that Adam has
> approached this with me
> in the right way this time.  We've talked it over,
> we've talked about
> various alternatives, and I feel comfortable with
> his sincerity.  He's
> gone so far as to give me an example of an edit he
> would like to make,
> and the reasons for it, and it all sounded fine to
> me.
> 
> The point of this letter is to ask people with
> strong objections and
> concerns to send them to me, and privately at first
> please, because
> this type of interpersonal matter is seldom made
> better by public
> argument.  However, and in the interests of
> sunshine, if anyone has
> any complaints that they feel should be made public,
> go ahead with
> that if you must.  I just think it'd be better if we
> cleared things
> up quietly and with dignity.
> 
> I know this may be a controversial decision, and I
> want to make it
> carefully and with ample opportunity for people to
> express their
> views.
> 
> --Jimbo
> 
> P.S. for those concerned about the 'Pizza Puzzle'
> connection, please
> note that whether or not this user is in fact Adam
> (and he has told me
> directly that it is not him), PP has not edited
> anything in nearly a
> month and a half.  So that's a problem in the past,
> I think.
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