This is not a comment.
Gaianne out. The Fates are kind.
i remember wanting to delete a gbcw diary i wrote last winter, as i'd lost my cool in it on various occasions, and said things i really wasn't too keen on being a permanent part of ET history, but Migeru was adamant that only site admins could do that, and generally giving me the impression he felt much as you do, that it's bad manners, in some way.
personally i don't feel that strongly there's a strong case either way, but the real reason i'm posting now is too express my grief that you, Gaianne, will step back to lurking because of something one diarist does.
can it possibly be the case that this one incident should affect your decision so strongly, or was it the last straw after a chain of other factors?
maybe i'm paranoid, but i find it absolutely tragic that such a sensible, progressive, funny, wise, mature and uber-intelligent female voice is bowing out of our discussions, and i already miss de Anander so much, this is a horrible trend, if two events can a trend make...
at least it wasn't outright sexism that was the prompt, i guess, and though it's your natural right to do whatever you want for whatever reason, disclosed or not, i feel a wail of grief coming on, and would appreciate it so much if you would enlighten us more on whether the diary deletion was the only reason, or whether some other factors are in play regarding your decision.
not to rehash the discussion about female presence here at ET being such a minority we had a fortnight or so ago, i'll leave it at that, other than to heartily register my sadness at reading this last comment from one of my absolutely favourite posters here at ET.
it is gutting, unexpected, and seems wildly disproportionate to the elimination of one diary.
ergo my questions about whether that's the only cause...it doesn't add up.
of course there could be a host of other 'real-life' reasons, as simple as you have less time to do more than listen here, or that you'll move on to somewhere more attractive to your talents, but here is one case where i think a gbcw diary might be a a positive gift, seeing as i'm so puzzled and disappointed we lose a great voice and interlocutress over what seems a relatively trivial reason.
happy trails, Gaianne, it was a huge privilege to read your contributions these last years, i so hope you'll either change your mind, or at least illuminate us one last time with a clearer explanation of what was such bad netiquette.
because i have an awful feeling this is something deeper, that maybe if i weren't male, i might intuit easily.
what's next, fran, helen and metavision bailing?
are the 'others' of us not seeing something that's staring some right in the face?
gahh...
ET archives are not the tablets of Moses, after all.
btw, anyone know if Migeru is ok? ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
in response to a question as to why we can't power society off of 'good radiation' such as from the sun, or some hot springs:
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Fusion, but proper containment of the plasma, using the remarkable technology of stable and reliable gravitational fields. A gas energy-transport buffer-blanket that conducts the energy from the reactor core to the power transport apparatus with no leakage of ionizing radiation. Power-beam technology that conducts the energy from the reactor to the point of use with no line loss. And not least, a design life of 10 to 15 billion years WITHOUT refueling. A prototype that works.
A prototype that works.
i'll miss you bigtime, if you're ever in italy, please connect.
...blue. ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
(Or to those who delete their diaries.)
I would say more, especially as your words deserve more, but not here.
See you in another thread . . . . The Fates are kind.
you're never garrulous, and always leave me wanting more.
thanks for your posts, they are a major light for sanity... ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
Chiming in as a frontpager, and directing this at Lassthorsemen, yes, deleting diaries is bad form. As the Frontpager Duties page says:
Diary deletion Sometimes users may feel strongly offended by a discussion on ET, or have second thoughts about posting a diary after a controversy developed in its comment threads. It has happened that in the heat of anger, a user has deleted his/her own diary. However, by deleting a diary, the diarist doesn't just delete her/his own content: the comments of the diary will be lost, too. To prevent the deletion of more diaries along with the respective comment threads, any frontpager at hand can intervene to withdraw that diarist's right to delete own diaries. This measure only intends to protect others' comments, no negative repercussions follow to the diary-deleting user. For the record, thus far there have been only two users who had to be stopped deleting own diaries.
Diary deletion
Sometimes users may feel strongly offended by a discussion on ET, or have second thoughts about posting a diary after a controversy developed in its comment threads. It has happened that in the heat of anger, a user has deleted his/her own diary.
However, by deleting a diary, the diarist doesn't just delete her/his own content: the comments of the diary will be lost, too. To prevent the deletion of more diaries along with the respective comment threads, any frontpager at hand can intervene to withdraw that diarist's right to delete own diaries. This measure only intends to protect others' comments, no negative repercussions follow to the diary-deleting user.
For the record, thus far there have been only two users who had to be stopped deleting own diaries.
In this case, it may be that unbeknowst to me, someone else already discussed this with Lasthorseman in email and the diary was born as a result. It also may be that Lasthorseman deleted it not due to controversy generated but private content, which may make it a borderline case -- can't tell though, haven't read that diary before deletion. (In such cases, a more proper thing to do would be to edit the diary by deleting such content from it, so that other people's comments won't be deleted.) *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
I think it's unfortunate it was deleted, but I can completely understand why Lasthorseman decided to remove it.
Then again being the subject of an investigation is too. The deletion came on the evening I learned there was an investigation.
A whirlwind of emotion caused me to post it in the first place and then later delete it.
