May I add that it is usually considered somewhat distasteful to direct private emails to a public list, without the explicit permission of the original author?
Oliver's point is also salient; while obviously we need to be clear about what we say, organisational matters don't take place in a vacuum. The way we pitch our criticism affects real people with real emotions. We should take care with what we say so that no unnecessary distress is caused. Cheers, Craig On 23 February 2016 at 15:26, Pete Forsyth <petefors...@gmail.com> wrote: > Anthony, two points: > > 1. Billinghurst is a very long-serving community member, and has always in > my experience been happy to talk things through. I'd urge you just to talk > with him directly. > > 2. Tension is high right now. If we're irritating each other more than > usual, keep that in mind...it may be a factor. > > -Pete > [[User:Peteforsyth]] > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 9:13 PM, Anthony Cole <ahcole...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I've just received this from someone called billinghurst: > > > > "Please stop this rebuttal of people's statements. Their opinions are as > > valuable, if not more valuable than yours as statements. Your name is > > appearing too often IMNSHO." > > > > I thought I was bringing a sorely under-represented perspective to the ED > > discussion on this list and wasn't aware I'd said or done anything > > inappropriate here. I sincerely apologise if I have, but I'll need a bit > > more guidance if that's the case. I see a lot of rebutting going on > here. I > > thought civil rebuttal was how rational argument progressed. But I've > been > > wrong before. > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: billinghurst <billinghurstw...@gmail.com> > > Date: Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 4:04 AM > > Subject: Shared list > > To: ahcole...@gmail.com > > > > > > Please stop this rebuttal of people's statements. Their opinions are as > > valuable, if not more valuable than yours as statements. Your name is > > appearing too often IMNSHO. > > > > - b > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
