The link leads to an account which was deleted on 3 September 2015. His
correct page link is https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Danny_B.
(The same is true of some request links where a period has to be added
to the clicked link.)
Anyway, thanks to MF-Warburg for making us aware of the issues. Otoh,
you yourself seem to have defended him in 2013, saying "Decently active
and known from other projects to have a great experience to help with
technical stuff." - so, okay, I didn't read the entire list of all
threads but we definitely need more people on LangCom who can help with
backlogs. Some of us (myself included) do not have the necessary
expertise to handle those - different LangCom members are on this
committee for different reasons -, so if Danny B. were rejected, who
else would be willing and able to help with "technical stuff"?
Letting my +1 stay for the moment (not unequivocally, though, as the
reservations expressed in the annual discussions around his Global
editinterface requests really do cause me concerns), and fwiw,
Oliver
On 05-Dec-16 15:11, MF-Warburg wrote:
Well, that is indeed his wiki name:
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Danny_B.>
That said, I have to oppose this request.
"Very experienced" with Incubator is not true, even though he is a
long-time sysop there, in the handling of a recent request it turned
out that he knew almost nothing about the Incubator policy. He even
offered to resign as a bureaucrat back then, but didn't follow through
with it.
Also in my past interactions with him I have never noticed an interest
in the Requests for new languages, so I do wonder where this requests
comes from now.
Also I'm very concerned about other issues surrounding him. Many users
have problems with his behaviour, as can be seen in e.g. these requests:
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Administrators/Confirm_2013/4#Danny_B.>
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Global_permissions/2013-09#Global_editinterface_for_Danny_B.>
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Global_permissions/2014-08#Global_editinterface_for_Danny_B.>
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Global_permissions/2015-08#Global_editinterface_for_Danny_B.>
I also know of some test-wiki contributors who have privately told me
that Danny B. claimed they are his "enemies" - I don't think this
would be conducive to a neutral handling of requests.
Given these problems, I do not think it would be good if Danny B.
became a langcom member.
Best regards,
MF-W
2016-12-05 14:37 GMT+01:00 Oliver Stegen <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>:
Can you give us a link to his wikimedia page so we can get to know
him? I didn't want to assume that "Danny B." was his wiki name ...
Otherwise +1
On 05-Dec-16 14:08, Amir E. Aharoni wrote:
Hi,
Danny B., a veteran Czech Wikimedia volunteer, asked me about
joining the Langcom.
He is already very experienced with the Incubator, and he can
help with cleaning up the long requests backlog, so I support this.
--
Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי
http://aharoni.wordpress.com
“We're living in pieces,
I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
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