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Originally Posted by Settembrini  Well, but what happened actually?
Nothing!
The policy was not altered retroactively.
The error was not made public to the interested parties (voters & competitors).
The award was not revoked. |
1. The plan was in place to announce the mistake and own up to it as soon as a PR director was put in place. Zachary jumped the gun because he apparently couldn't wait a couple weeks. Bear in mind, the ENnies are managed in people's free time, so sure, the folks in charge weren't bending over backwards to make the announcement right away, but they were going to do it. Sarcastic congratulations to Zachary for 'whistleblowing' something that was going to be announced anyway. Now he just made himself look unprofessional, and he's damaged the reputation of good people.
2. As you say, the policy was not altered retroactively. The ENnies staff was going to own up to the mistake, not try to cover it up.
3. The error was going to be made public.
4. Revoking the award would have been a bad idea. A lot of people agree on this. Malhavoc made an honest mistake in submitting it, and the ENnies staff made an honest mistake in accepting it. You should only revoke awards due to malfeasance, not accident. The plan was to acknowledge the mistake, apologize for it, and put in place safeguards to make sure it didn't happen again.
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So, what do you call that? I call that misinformation to cover up a mistake. And thatīs lying in my book.
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I call it Zachary over-bleeping-reacting. If he was upset that it was taking too long to come out, he should have emailed the ENnies folks and said, "Hey, what's taking so damned long?" He jumped the gun, and so what was going to be an honestly, openly disclosed mistake (albeit one announced once proper policy was in place to make sure it didn't happen again) turned into a cluster-bleep.
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