[OSM-talk] Please ban Xxzme in wiki

[Andy Mabbett]

On 11 May 2015 at 10:08, Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemed.net> wrote:
> Andy Mabbett wrote:
>> In the absence of blatant vandalism or base abuse, I would
>> have expected, first, a recent, clear and unequivocal warning on
>> the user's talk page
>
> No. Please remember that the primary means of discussion and consensus in
> OSM is mailing lists, even when the subject is the wiki, and even though the
> mailing lists suck. There is no precedent for obtaining consensus on
> community decisions via wiki talk pages.

In that case: At what point was Xxzme advised of this? Or indeed any
new user - I certainly never have been.

> Talk pages might be how it's done in Wikipedia, but we're not Wikipedia.

I don't recall saying that we were (indeed, in another recent
discussion, I pointed out that we are not).


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Andy Mabbett
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