CZ Talk:Managing Editor/2010/002 - References to war criminals

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How on earth do you think that this question could fall under the jurisdiction of the Managing Editor? You, who fought bitterly practically to the last bunker in Berlin to *keep from having* a Managing Editor in the first place! This is clearly, clearly, clearly a matter for the Editorial Council, and no one else. And I certainly don't look forward to the arguments that are going to rage about this matter. Hayford Peirce 22:18, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

But the Managing Editor is in the Charter, and I don't propose to sabotage him making interim determinations that are keeping an article flapping. I could simply make a History Editor ruling, although I'd be hesitant, but not utterly opposed, to making such a ruling. So I'm in trouble, now, for following the majority decision that I opposed?

Those that supported the Managing Editor insisted there would be urgent matters to which the EC could not respond in a useful time, and I see this as demonstrating their point. The EC must address Article Policy, and that indeed won't be easy -- yet it's among the most fundamental things facing the Council. Such a discussion might use this as an example, but the EC has to write more general policy.

Had a policy been in place, then this certainly would have been appropriate to submit to the EC for an interpretation. Had there been another available History Editor, I'd be glad to defer. Howard C. Berkowitz 22:34, 13 November 2010 (UTC)