Hoi, Technically there are the templates and Rheingau relaxed to past activity. That is Something I do not know how to run. Zo yes we neef someone. I know Danny and know hè Can do the job.
I am in favour Thanks, GerardM Op ma 5 dec. 2016 om 22:40 schreef MF-Warburg <[email protected]> > 2016-12-05 17:14 GMT+01:00 Oliver Stegen <[email protected]>: > > 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"? > > > Well, that was about Wikidata adminship, which does require different > skills than e.g. Langcom (and I would probably value skills needed there > nowadays to be different from how it was in 2013). > I don't really know what technical stuff you mean for Langcom. There might > be a certain backlog, but I know of nothing tech-related. Therefore, I > don't think rejecting this application would lead us to have nobody who > could help with technical stuff, as there is no such stuff to be done. > Also, I don't see why Danny B. would have special expertise or willingness > to handle this unspecified technical stuff - the application certainly > doesn't say anything about it. > > > 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]>: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing > [email protected]https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > > _______________________________________________ Langcom mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing > [email protected]https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom >
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