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Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."
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 Posted - 02/03/2007 : 18:54:07
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Whipper Update: My review was accepted a couple of days ago although, oddly, Yukon's dupe was not deleted.
I have reported it as a dupe and expect it will be deleted soon.
Sal, I think you need to take a step back as your gratitude to Benj is insufficiently prominent within the overall tone of your points. Benj is not a machine and you are in grave danger of hurting his feelings, which is absolutely not called for.
In passing, though, I have to say that it is disappointing that MERPs can see whose reviews they are editing because that info should be irrelevant to their job, as far as I understand it.
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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 02/03/2007 : 19:58:23
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When my review was approved, the near duplicate was similarly not deleted.
I'm not suggesting that in this thread I have piled on the gratitude to Benj, but I have made this clear at other times. Similarly, while I have had many reviews rejected where equivalent ones have been approved, it has been a very, very long time since I have mentioned a single one. (I mean in terms of asking why something would be rejected that seems good enough, not in terms of the objective cases that I have mentioned here.) I also do a lot more in terms of noticing years and cast lists that need updating than most users, probably more than any - this is all important for the site.
Put it this way - it is a plain fact that I am rather upset by some unfair instances of the output of the system. Leaving aside issues of what's reasonable in a participative enterprise, it is fine if Benj does not care that I am upset. But it would not make any sense for him to care about my stating this while at the same time the unfair cases languish. If it's O.K. for the latter to happen, he shouldn't care less how I feel about it and what I say should not affect him at all. |
Edited by - Demisemicenturian on 02/03/2007 20:00:07 |
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Whippersnapper.
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 02/03/2007 : 21:18:34
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Here's some news for you Sal - people don't really make sense. They live and breath and are rational and irrational all at the same time.
I personally have little doubt that your comments are going to upset Benj and I don't want to see that happen. I'm sorry you are upset too, and you know that I more than most people here am prepared to go out on a limb to make the points I believe in, even at the risk of upsetting people, including sometimes Benj.
The problem here, for me, is that this is not just one post but an ongoing thread where you are expressing your frustration in a way which is bordering on impoliteness. Other people reading the thread might think my judgment mild.
Please take my advice that you have made your points now and leave it at that. |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 02/13/2007 : 20:32:43
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
I personally have little doubt that your comments are going to upset Benj and I don't want to see that happen. I'm sorry you are upset too, and you know that I more than most people here am prepared to go out on a limb to make the points I believe in, even at the risk of upsetting people, including sometimes Benj.
O.K., fair enough, but I'm glad you recognise that the same applies to me. When one's unambiguously valid review is rejected twenty times, depite the resubmissions being (I promise) neutrally, politely and patiently worded*, then why shouldn't one take it personally? There was no identifiable reason for it. It is one thing to complain about lack of action (as you were doing in your case): it is another to mind when someone's time is being used up against one in an unfair way. Note also how long I bit my tongue for - I just waited and waited and waited until the review got through. I only mentioned here as plain evidence, and only pursued it because I found the comeback unreasonable. I wouldn't have just kept repeating myself otherwise.
*I have just checked and the wording was "My review was before X's (and was still pending when X's was approved)." Very plain and brief - no ranting and raving. |
Edited by - Demisemicenturian on 02/13/2007 21:25:36 |
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