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Für Neugierige: Offener Brandbrief (dreibuchstabiges Vieh ist sauer), zwischengespeichert, Formulierungen frisch aus der Rübe und suboptimal, vermutlich Typos, Fakten (noch) nicht hinreichend gegengeprüft. —mnh·∇· 01:51, 10. Okt. 2011 (CEST)
Dear directors,
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As a former sysop for several years and—albeit but briefly—OTRS member, I resigned both commissions when lack of time and a difficult personal situation made it all but impossible for me to function in the best interest of the local project—it was quite simply the only reasonable thing to do, whatever the rationalization at the time. With this open letter, I hereby publicly ask you to follow suit. You may find this amusing, but I can not and will not stand idly by, when incompetent leadership threatens a project I love enough to have put years of grunt work into.
You directors have been elevated beyond the ranks of mere volunteers for no other reason than to ensure the projects' viability. Yet, the recent filter issue shows both a marked disrespect for local communities and a failure to act, when your own decisions cause dangerous unrest among them. Officially sanctioned content control facilities are by their nature a most troublesome device in projects dedicated to free knowledge. It is this very kind of underlying ideological dispute that tends to tear open source projects asunder and both the contributors of de: and fr: have spoken -- and spoken clearly, due process and all. <<prüfen>>This may well be a cultural issue, caused by recent years' attempts to censor the internet. You chose to essentially ignore this, not even addressing the possibility that there might be no acceptable middle ground during the board meeting. You failed to even communicate directly with the local communities, instead relying on discussion by proxy on an obscure mailing list.<</prüfen>>
This behavior, madams and sirs, has proved you to be a liability. You have shown clearly that you are perfectly willing to accept significant collateral damage just because you can. In a time, where willingness to contribute is on the decline, even hesitating to quench a major firestorm is a failure, and by forcing yourself onto projects, you _are_ nothing short of fanning the flames. You must thus step down and let more level-headed people take over, lest the damage caused is beyond repair.