This is missing the point. This is all about a British Museum event I signed up to attend some time ago, before the UKCC thing blew up. When other involved persons signed up I had it on my 'to do' list to remove my signature, conscious of the fact that it would have been embarrassing or difficult. I would have had no problem if I had been privately contacted and the matter discreetly handled.
Note my interest in the Royal manuscript collection derives from my interest in Walter Burley, who I have translated. Instead, I find my name bandied about on this public list, being accused of 'harassment' like a common thug or criminal. I deeply resent this and I would like an apology. I have no problem with a voluntary agreement. I would like an apology, and a retraction of the accusation of 'harassment'. I don't go in for 'outing' particularly, although I think trustees and senior Wikipedians have an obligation to be publicly identifiable. And note my earlier comments about photography - only with permission, if at all. >>Edward is banned from editing most of the WMUK wiki, he is not blocked >>from his user talk page so an appeal could take place there I don't want to appeal anything. I simply want a retraction of allegations of 'on and off wiki harassment'. This has been deeply upsetting. Edward ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Peel" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:16 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Edward Buckner/Peter Damian & Wikimedia UK > Hi all, > > As a WMUK trustee, I'm finding this whole issue to be a serious dilemma. > I'm deeply committed to the 'open to all to participate and contribute' > philosophy for all of our activities, and find it very saddening that the > WMUK board has been put in the position where we have to ban someone from > the events we support in order for others to be able to attend them > without having to be concerned about their privacy. I don't think this > needs saying, but I'll say it anyway to make it absolutely clear: this was > not an easy decision, nor was it a rushed one (or a 'panic measure' as was > earlier suggested). A lot of thought and discussion went into this (and > sadly, that thought and discussion would have otherwise been invested in > our charitable activities). > > As one of the moderators of this list, I am very reticent to block Edward > from posting here, so long as Edward's posts remain civil, logical, and > without malice. This is a public mailing list, so there are no privacy > concerns here. If you don't want to engage in this discussion, then please > simply don't reply to it. > > In terms of the appeal procedure: if privacy concerns allow, then I would > much prefer that if such a process takes place, that it takes place in > public - either on this list or on the WMUK wiki (although Edward is > banned from editing most of the WMUK wiki, he is not blocked from his user > talk page so an appeal could take place there). If it can't be public due > to those privacy concerns, then I would prefer if an uninvolved, neutral > community member would step forward to be the adjudicator, to avoid any > suggestion of prejudice. > > Thanks, > Mike > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
