Has this happened to anyone else? I don't recall in all the time I have been lurking that anyone else has been banned (perhaps others are less persistant?). How could transparency be achieved? Vote on a ban?
It is hard to say how to manage things so everyone is happy. I am happy with how things are managed and who is doing it. Thanks Drew for the post on what has happened. Lets hope these decisions remain unusual ones. Jesse On 10/18/07, Steve Robillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems we have been here before, and it seems we are making no progress on > the 2 issues presented: Andy's behavior and making the banning process more > transparent. > Is it time to examine the process to address both of these issues - > especially in light of the fact that banning Andy does not seem to be > working? > > Just my 2cents > Thanks, > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Drew > McLellan > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 4:24 PM > To: Microformats Discuss > Subject: [uf-discuss] [admin] Notice of community ban > > This is an email regarding Andy Mabbett's recent and persistent negative > conduct within the microformats community. Namely: > > * Unpleasant and overly-aggressive communication with members of the > community on both [mf-new] and in private email > * Engaging in wiki edit wars > * Excessive argumentativeness for the sake of debate > > These are traits he has been warned about before, and for which has been > previously banned. They are in clear contradiction with the "be nice" > guideline: http://microformats.org/wiki/mailing-lists#Be_nice > > This behaviour continues to be harmful to the community, and therefore, the > admins have concluded there is no other option than to issue Andy with a > further 30 day ban from community participation. > > With regret, Andy Mabbett, is banned from community participation for a > period of 30 days from today. > > Sincerely, > > Drew McLellan, on behalf of the microformats admins > _______________________________________________ > microformats-discuss mailing list > microformats-discuss@microformats.org > http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > microformats-discuss mailing list > microformats-discuss@microformats.org > http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss > _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list microformats-discuss@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss