QUOTE(Cla68 @ Tue 14th July 2009, 4:43pm)
Jimbo did put his foot in this mouth with his "agitants" statement. After being questioned on it by Giano, he quickly backtracked. It is possible that he wants to use this council as a sop for the editors who give him a hard time all the time (that definitely includes me and you would know that for sure if you could see some of the emails that me and him have exchanged in the past). I'm willing to give it a try, however. Honestly, if I wasn't one of the appointees I would still be supporting this effort. I've been saying all along that the ArbCom need to start some more councils or committees to help them out with various aspects of doing their job. That these councils could, on their own, put out some ideas for the community to discuss or vote on for project management would be helpful.
Again, after this RfC runs for a few more days, I think someone, perhaps SV, is going to slap an MfD tag on the forum, and a new round of melodrama will erupt. I don't think she or some others want to let the RfC run for at least a month as is customary, because tempers will cool and people will notice that the sky isn't falling.
Ah, the "agitants" statement. Big deal. I freely admit to being an agitant. Personally, I prefer "bitch," but I can understand his hesitation in using that one. At least he didn't link it to WP:DICK. Of course, perhaps he would have taken less shit for it if he had. (IMG:
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Giano is the last person I would have expected to get pissy about such a comment. Seems a bit hypocritical to me, considering his propensity to throw insults. I also thought he had a little more self-awareness.
But whatever. Still a fan of Giano's. Just surprised me.