Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-34115-20150626061048/@comment-1251315-20150626164558

Omnibender wrote: I have zero participation in chat, so I can't offer any insight there. Something that does bother by about Sajuuk, is his desire to discuss things behind closed doors. He's approached me more than once to discuss things on the chat. I've seen him approach others, mostly other sysops, to do the same, and even turn to private emails when that wasn't possible. What's the problem with have a discussion out in the open, where people can see it, where there will be a record of it? Not a fan of his cloak and dagger inclinations. The reason for that is because I've been bashed far too often for discussing things in public and it's led me to discuss things in more approachable manners. There's also the fact that, in many cases, I'm only looking for an opinion from that user: public talkpages invite others to comment, often when I don't need opinions from a whole array of users. It's also far easier for me to dissect particular user opinions by talking to users in private, rather than a talkpage (which also adds needless edits to my contributions and can turn nasty).

The only user I've emailed is Dantman, which is normal as he picks these up more readily than talkpage notifications and his userpage makes it clear that we can email him if we so choose. Not everything needs to be discussed in public. If needed, pastebins can be made of chat discussions.