User talk:SebastianHelm

I don't visit Wikimedia often, so if you want to make sure that i see your message quickly, please post it on en:User_talk:SebastianHelm. — SebastianHelm 04:33, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments, however, ...

Hi SebastianHelm. To clarify, I asked for comments without foundation to be substantiated or withdrawn, there was no sole request for them to be withdrawn. I value all opinions, however, feel that if people are going to express them that there is a higher value for those based on evidence, rather than sly condemnation.

If I am going to be character assassinated, I think that it is only fair to ask for some level of foundation or evidence. Putting oneself up for an election for steward should not be seen as opportunity to deride someone, especially where someone who has no personal knowledge of the person, nor taken the opportunity to make a factual assessment. I am here to do tasks; there is no glory, and I have no qualms if I am elected or not, that is the community's choice.

Please also note that I did open a specific discussion about this on User talk:Xania, as I thought that a long-winded rebuttal on the Votes page was not the means to broach the discussion. Thanks for your consideration. billinghurst sDrewth 00:39, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

I don't know how I can help you. It is completely natural in any election, or even in any system where people decide about candidates, that they will have all sorts of opinions about the candidates. It is understood that these are opinions, unless they are backed up, and there is no policy that requires these to be sourced. As I wrote, you have good endorsements. It didn't occur to anyone to write under statements like "Trusted Wikisourcerer!" something like "Please take this back or source it!" No, we all just see such statements for what they are: Personal opinions. Everybody understands that, when OrbiliusMagister writes "trusted", it just means that he trusts you, since he can't make a statement for everyone. Likewise, when Xania writes "you seem to ... want", then everybody understands that that's just what she thinks of you, because she doesn't know what you really want. Even she herself acknowledges that with the word "seem". I don't see that as a "character assassination", because she makes no false claims about you. She just gives her opinion, and she has a right to it, like anyone else.

The reason why I voted against you was not that I was swayed by Xania's opinion, but because I found your reaction to it inappropriate. I am disappointed that that didn't come across from my statement. I really wish you could see that; it would help both you and those that you work with in a team collaboration like Wikimedia. SebastianHelm 02:31, 23 February 2010 (UTC)