Draft message to Community ML - comments, please

[Valorie Zimmerman]

Hi folks,

When I wrote Anne privately about this ban, telling her why I was disturbed
by this action, she said she has resigned. I've intervened after being
asked to do so by Argonel. At this point, I don't know the status of the
ban, or what you, the web team, will do next.

I feel that this fellow who has been banned could have been (and perhaps
still can be) a productive member of the Quality or BugSquad team, or both.
Perhaps he used the wiki in a non-productive way, but he can be shown
better methods of improving the quality of our software.

I hope someone will take the initiative to make contact with the person in
question, and get this situation moving in a positive direction.

All the best,

Valorie, for the CWG


On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 6:52 AM, Anne Wilson <annew at kde.org> wrote:

> 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
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