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Re: OT: Thunderbirds are go commercial




In <news:D_ednUX_rZQm27fVnZ2dnUVZ_hudnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Terry R." <Terry.F1ComNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The date and time was 5/13/2008 5:41 PM, and on a whim, »Q« pounded
> out on the keyboard:
> 
> > "Moz Champion (Dan)" <moz.champion@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> >> Terry R. wrote:
> >>
> >>> While not "banned", a poster was removed even from this thread.
> >>> Was it any more OT than any other post?
> >>>
> >>> follow-up set to mozilla.general
> >> Again, I am not the monitor so I cannot say.
> > 
> > Removal of OT posts doesn't depend on a post being "more OT" or
> > "less OT" than another post.  As the policy makes clear, once
> > someone has gotten to the point where his posts can be removed, any
> > OT post from him will be cancelled.
> 
> That's as clear as mud.  "gotten to the point" is about as arbitrary
> as it gets.

How one gets to that point is laid out clearly at the link you snipped,
<<http://www.mozilla.org/community/cancellation.html>.

If by "arbitrary", you mean "decided by arbiters", I agree with you.
If you mean its more common sense of "capricious or unreasonable", then
no.

> So who thought Reg had "gotten to the point"?  You?  Chris? Nir?  

Nir and Chris were making those calls at the time.  I joined the team a
bit later.

-- 
»Q«
     Kleeneness is next to Gödelness.

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