In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Scott
Reynen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>On Aug 1, 2007, at 1:02 PM, Andy Mabbett wrote:
>
>> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andy Mabbett
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>>
>>>> Frankly Andy, due to your use of the {{subst}} method, you have
>>>>now added
>>>> additional time cost to determining if any page *you* edit in
>>>>particular is
>>>> consistently in the public domain or not with respect to all
>>>>other public
>>>> domain contributors.
>>>
>>> Frankly, Tantek, that's bullshit.
>>
>> I have just received an e-mail, from Frances Berriman, subject
>>"Warning
>> of inappropriate behaviour on mf-discuss", citing the above
>>exchange of
>> 26 July, in:
>>
>> <http://microformats.org/discuss/mail/microformats-discuss/2007-
>>July/010261.html>
>>
>> and telling me that:
>>
>> Such an outburst (sic) requires (sic) a warning that if you
>> cannot contribute with respect and in an appropriate tone
>>on the
>> mailing list, you will receive a cooling off ban.
>>
>> Perhaps Ms Berriman isn't familiar with British English vernacular
>> (which would be odd, I understand she lives here), but "Rubbish,
>> nonsense" is in the Oxford English Dictionary, and means "rubbish,
>> nonsense". In any case, that was no "outburst"; but a considered
>>and apt
>> description of the comment to which I was responding; and I stand
>>by it.
>
>The microformats admins have decided to ban Andy Mabbet from this
>community
I'm not sure who he is, but the post cited was mine, and I was blocked
from editing or posting. This after:
In message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Frances
Berriman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>If you feel that your response wasn't out of order, okay - feel free to
>say so
What was I saying, about there being:
the impression that microformats fora are being run by an
unelected cabal, using arbitrary, personal interpretations of
vague and unwritten "rules", applied with no sense of
even-handedness.
--
Andy Mabbett
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