Draft message to Community ML - comments, please

[Anne Wilson]

On 23/08/2013 10:40, Myriam Schweingruber wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Anne Wilson <annew at kde.org> wrote:
>> On 22/08/2013 22:38, Albert Astals Cid wrote:
>>> El Dimecres, 21 d'agost de 2013, a les 10:02:25, Anne Wilson va
>>> escriure:
> ...
>>> I am confused, so you put a ban for two weeks to the guy, he does
>>> nothing and then because he did nothing you decide to extend the
>>> ban to an indefinite time? What should have he done so that you
>>> decided not to ban him forever?
>>> 
>> He was asked to talk to us about the complaints that had been
>> raised against him.  The hope was that we could convince him to
>> "clean up" his comments.  He has not done so.
>> 
>> While the ban has been marked "Indefinite" it can be reversed at
>> any time.  All he has to do is contact us as requested with a will
>> to solve the problem.  He has been given both an email address and
>> an irc address.
> 
> A 2 weeks ban in the middle of a holiday season where people are
> often away for 3 or more weeks seems really harsh.
> 
> Also nobody seems to have taken into account the research made by 
> argonel which makes this ban seem to be very severe, and maybe 
> unnecessary.
> 
> Just my 2 cts...
> 
As I said, it can be reversed at any time.  However, in view of the
complaints that were made against him I can't just let it go.
Hopefully, if he is away, he will read his email when he gets back and
follow it up.  The ball is in his court.

Anne