[WikiEN-l] Re: The difficulty of retaining volunteer writers

Mon Dec 5 16:29:45 UTC 2005

>From: Anthere <anthere9 at yahoo.com>
>
>I feel there is a general direction for failing to support the "victim" 
>during the conflict, either by lack of time, or by lassitude (because we 
>have seen that happening so many times) or by fear, to support her only at 
>the last point (when she is threatening to leave).
>
>Sadly, most editors actually support the person inside themselves, but do 
>not say so either because they believe the "victim" is strong enough, or 
>because they fear becoming targets themselves.

Or because they fear being accused of being part of a cabal, "meatpuppets", 
etc.

Jay.