Stewards/confirm/2011/M7

< Stewards‎ | confirm‎ | 2011

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  • Personal info: Some days ago, I've prepared a brief "history" (in italian language) of my involvement into WMF project for Wikimedia Italia. Being a Steward since 2006 has meant to me a whole world of contacts, and I hope to continue this service. While I am usually not on IRC, I monitor meta.wiki activities and RfP page. I also can be reached on meta user talk page, that is set to E-mail me when changed.
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  • Informazioni personali: Qualche giorno fa ho preparato per Wikimedia Italia un breve riassunto della mia partecipazione ai progetti della Wikimedia Foundation. Essere Steward dal 2006 mi ha dato l'opportunità di avere un mondo intero di contatti, desidero per questo motivo continuare in questo compito. Sebbene non sia rintracciabile abitualmente su IRC, tengo sotto controllo l'attività della meta.wiki e la pagina delle RfP. È inoltre possibile contattarmi sulla mia pagina di discussione utente qui su meta, pagina che è impostata per avvisarmi con una mail quando viene modificata.


Comments about M7 edit

Ktr101 intervened where Ottava was concerned, on Wikiversity, as an SPA. Ottava has acknowledged canvassing on IRC, and it's been possible, on Wikiversity, to identify floods of !votes that appeared immediately after Ottava filed otherwise obscure processes. From the timing, the Ktri101 !vote is explicitly related to the M7 interaction on Talk:Ottava Rima, a few minutes before, and it is practically certain this was because of IRC with Ottava. Respected users are not immune to being canvassed. After edit conflict with above, I see "someone else showed it to me." In other words, he was canvassed, but by a presumed friend of Ottava, not by Ottava himself. --Abd 02:48, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
What the hell? I'm not a single purpose account and please don't ever accuse me falsely of something like that again. It is not like I just did nothing and suddenly popped up to give an opinion on him. I have done edits there as I have seen fit, with really no rhyme or reason behind them. Additionally, no one has ever said that we cannot vote soon after any sort of interaction anywhere. I also have his talk page watchlisted, so it would've eventually occured that I would have seen this in a day or so. I just happened to get a suggestion in a chat with another friend that basically said, "Look what happened to Ottava. That is funny..." I'm not going to contest this further as this will just end up with more useless bashing. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:20, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think the argument is that you're a SPA in general, Kevin, but that your attention has been drawn to such things via IRC (and that you'd made the choice which I refused when approached with regard to the wikiversity issue, which was to comment on a project which you are not familiar with.) sonia 05:17, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Remove In view of their comment right above, in fact. Guido den Broeder 23:43, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      CommentBlocks (or unblocks) here are a matter of meta admin, I think. Should not confused with steward policies, there was not an emergency, nor any need to apply pressure. --M/ 23:45, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Ehm, no, thanks for pointing out exactly what is wrong in your thinking. Blocks and unblocks are a matter of the community. Users are not cattle, for administrators to do with as they please. Guido den Broeder 00:04, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    My initial suggestion to Ottava Rima was to be read as an attempt to have him reflect upon some harsh positions towards other users. The block is indeed exaggerate, but from his part the single "remove" statement is too little: in a collaborative environment the conflict level should remain as low as possible. I'd rather appreciate a somewhat remissive request, instead I think that is quite unpolite to use actions in the intervening time of the reconfirmation page for trying to set a point. --M/ 00:06, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    In elections, it is important that existing harsh positions get known, so that OTHERS may reflect on them. This growing habit of attacking any opposing voice needs to stop, I've seen it lead to the downfall of several projects already. Guido den Broeder 01:07, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Harsh opinions are fine in elections, as long as the people back up their statements so others can make their own mind up. Otherwise it just becomes a he said she said. Like everything in the wiki world, if you can't source what you are saying, you shouldn't be saying it. -Djsasso 01:09, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Let's test that. Give me a link to the rule that says so. And next explain why you made all kinds of ugly comments here and then refused to provide diffs. Guido den Broeder 01:15, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • I am actually on the wall here. M7, altering the block as a way to support it is in bad taste to me and an inappropriate use of the block function. Instead of escalating the situation (which an additional block did), you should have been finding other ways to deal with the matter. Indef blocking an already indef blocked user changes nothing in their supposed "poor behavior." Tiptoety talk 01:00, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, Tiptoety, M7 reduced the block from "infinite" to "indefinite." There is a difference, see [1]. He was clearly attempting to negotiate an early end. However, I don't see that he -- or you -- have been aware of Requests for comment/User:Ottava Rima. When the community allows such massive disruption to continue without addressing it, eventually someone will address it, and it may easily seem excessive. --Abd 02:28, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hm, you raise an interesting point. I didn't notice the change from "infinite" to "indefinite." Though, I'm interested if that was the primary intent of the block alteration. Tiptoety talk 02:36, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Tiptoety. M7 was attempting to negotiate unblock conditions, which was quite proper. My guess is that M7 began to smell a serious rat, and, in giving up on negotiation, wanted to be consulted before an unblock. WizardOfOz was in over his head, and had just caved on Guido den Broeder. Ottava is not some newbie, and his behavior is not ordinary "poor behavior." See the RfC. --Abd 02:59, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]