2016-12-06 7:24 GMT+01:00 Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]>:
> 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. > Which templates? And what's with the Rheingau? Do we have a budget to order wine there? If yes, I volunteer to do this tremendously difficult 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. 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