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. Moore‬
>>
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