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gull
response 55 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 10 16:11 UTC 2004

Re resp:29: I think people might vote differently when the question is
presented without specific users being involved.  I suspect a lot of
people voted the way they did out of sympathy for valerie and jep.
aruba
response 56 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 10 17:36 UTC 2004

It will be a different question if we're voting on a general policy.
tod
response 57 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 10 18:43 UTC 2004

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albaugh
response 58 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 10 18:52 UTC 2004

Look everyone, a policy will not keep a rogue FW from mass item murder, since
the policy does not control / constrain the power a FW has.  All you can do
with a policy is set expectations of acceptable behavior and use it to justify
the removal of a rogue FW / staff who deliberately violates it.
jp2
response 59 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 10 18:56 UTC 2004

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tod
response 60 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 10 18:56 UTC 2004

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jp2
response 61 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 10 18:59 UTC 2004

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tod
response 62 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 10 19:00 UTC 2004

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gelinas
response 63 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 10 19:05 UTC 2004

Actually, with the new policy, there _would_ be a mechanism to undo a
deletion.  All that is needed is a statement that deletions are not allowed,
which is what this proposal accomplishes.
albaugh
response 64 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 10 19:19 UTC 2004

No, there is nothing in the proposal to limit (by policy only) item killing
that mandates that staff will immediate restore items killed in violation.
You will be right back to where we were with valerie's and jep's items.
Thankfully, I don't see that as being a common occurrence, in fact I expect
it to be a rare occurrence.  Therefore I'm not overly concerned about a policy
being adopted or not.

By all means, try to get a policy passed that makes sense, is fair, and
clearly lays out the norms.  Just don't expect it to deter rogue FW / staff
who are willing to "go out in a blaze of glory".
robh
response 65 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 10 21:10 UTC 2004

Re 57 - Not particularly, but thanks for asking, bully.
gull
response 66 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 11 03:57 UTC 2004

I think resp:64 is right in that a policy isn't needed to protect 
against valerie's original deletion.  No policy is going to save you 
from rogue staff.  What we do need is a policy that can address the 
situation jep's request got us in.  His item's deletion created a 
situation where it appears users have a right to request that their 
items be removed by staff.  We need a policy if we want to settle 
whether or not that's the case.
albaugh
response 67 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 11 21:19 UTC 2004

From what little I've read, I'm not sure that anyone else with staff / cfadm
capabilities would have unilaterally acted on jep's request the way that
valerie did.  Thus I don't have a great fear if no policy allowing item
deletion by request is passed - without a policy, it's not likely to happen.
gull
response 68 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 11 21:31 UTC 2004

But it leaves us in a situation where we have no way of explaining why
jep's items were deleted, but items that (for example) jp2 asks to be
deleted are not.  "We have a policy now" is a pretty good explanation.
jp2
response 69 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 11 21:50 UTC 2004

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naftee
response 70 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 11 22:27 UTC 2004

I have asked too and all people do is make fun of me :(
gelinas
response 71 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 12 00:42 UTC 2004

No, we don't have a "policy."  We _do_ have a "sense of the community"
that items should not be deleted Just Because the item author asks for it.
In fact, even valerie admitted as much, when she didn't delete jp2's
item 39, as he requested.  Since she has been the only staff member to
delete items on that ground, it seems fairly obvious to me that, in the
absence of a membership vote explicitly establishing a policy of "delete
on request of item author," it's not going to happen again.

I would, for future reference, prefer to have a clearer sense of the
community.  'Twould probably be best 'twere a policy or membership proposal.
tod
response 72 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 12 00:44 UTC 2004

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jp2
response 73 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 12 01:04 UTC 2004

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cmcgee
response 74 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 12 01:26 UTC 2004

No. Every current staff member is aware that deleting an item on request is
-not- a policy that everyone agrees to, that in fact it would lead to a hue
and cry in Coop.  
jp2
response 75 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 12 01:30 UTC 2004

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naftee
response 76 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 12 01:48 UTC 2004

Look at the obvious:

If item deletion per request were never a staff policy, why was that specific
event brought to a vote?

Please answer that.
jp2
response 77 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 12 02:41 UTC 2004

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scott
response 78 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 12 03:37 UTC 2004

It was brought to a vote because jp2 seems to find it amusing.
jp2
response 79 of 235: Mark Unseen   Feb 12 13:47 UTC 2004

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