Senor Barborito wrote:

ydrt wrote:

I'm all for being on the up and up - my concern was more about how you brought it up rather than that you brought it up. I just figured it's possible to handle situations like this without going to FAGCON IV and spraying the website down with pepper spray - because you can't be too careful about those tracking dogs.

It just seems to me that you're confusing importance and urgency. It's important to not have full articles from big journals posted here, but it's probably not urgent to have it removed RIGHT THIS VERY MINUTE. Of course, what's considered urgent is mostly a matter of opinion, but I think you'd come across as being more in control if you found a way to convey the same message without the "Chicken Little" schtick.

I understand what you're saying here, and as a demonstration of the fact that I haven't REALLY confused the two, the article is still up as of the time of this writing (it will be down shortly or when I get around to it, I want to keep the rest of text intact and post-surgery like that is the most difficult thing to pull off for any of the admins). I suppose I just sound shrill to most people - I wasn't aiming for shrill when I first responded, but rather a fairly laid-back 'look I'm going to have to change this.' You'll notice that I said I'd wait for him to source it - as in 'this isn't exactly a time-critical issue, but I need you to let me know.'

In any case, I'd rather ES did the policing, but I have a lot more time than he does. There isn't any way to avoid pissing off a good portion of the people here no matter what I do, but generally if I'm pissing off the idiots and not the rest of you I know I'm doing the right thing. Since you're upset, I can tell I need to refine my approach as you suggest - and I thank you for the constructive criticism.

--SB