On 12/12/2011 8:30 PM, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
On Sunday 11 December 2011, Eike Hein wrote:
This isn't k-c-d material, obviously flamy and bikesheddy,
and most likely a case of our esteemed list mods having
had a too luxurious breakfast on this fine Sunday morning.
I'm sorry, but censorship is not part of my job description. I share
your opinion about this message. Nevertheless, I chose to approve the
message.
Markus made exactly the right reply, constructive (except for the
"whining" bit) and to the point. You didn't. Your reply was not really
helpful. In fact, I, as one of your "esteemed list mods", find it
outright insulting.
I'm sorry that you felt insulted. I'd like to point
out that I'm not a native speaker, so my phrasing
might not have come across that way, but both the
cheeky breakfast reference and the 'esteemed' bit
were meant to be tongue-in-cheek, to make light of
the situation.
I'd like to point out that:
- I sent my mail after observing discussion on IRC
among several regular kde-core-devel contributors
who were horrified that the thread-starting mail
was let through by the list moderators, and who
were afraid that it would provoke a long and
pointless flamefest. After I sent my mail I was
thanked profusely by more than half a dozen regular
kde-core-devel contributors on IRC for sending it.
So apparently my appraisal of the situation was
shared by others, which may indicate that your
policies as a list moderator may actually be out
of touch with the community you are trying to
serve.
- My mail was designed to avoid a bikeshed dis-
cussion, which the reply by Markus that you
praised actually ran the danger of provoking -
as others disagreed heavily with his assessment
on IRC. (I was also subsequently asked by Lydia
from the Community Working Group to enable the
moderation bit for Markus, which I did. The CWG
and Markus have a history; I'll defer to Lydia
on that topic.)
--
Best regards,
Eike Hein
