Re: WebID 1.0 Editors Draft

On Sun, 30 Jan 2022, 22:11 Jonas Smedegaard, <jonas@jones.dk> wrote:

> Quoting Jacopo Scazzosi (2022-01-30 22:56:21)
> > > IMO you are a credible editor, so +1 from me
> >
> > > Here, what I forgot to mention was that I think you would be a great
> > > spec author, and I support your (subtle self-)nomination.
> >
> > I was not expecting this and it has just made my day. Thank you both
> > for the vote of confidence. Do believe me, though, when I say that I
> > never intended on nominating myself. I have never been an editor and
> > much less one in a context in which everybody else has significantly
> > more experience than I do. I don't fit my own expectations of who an
> > editor should be.
> >
> > However, perhaps a completely inexperienced editor making lots of
> > mistakes can be better than no editor at all. I will wait a few days
> > just in case someone more suited for the task decides to take the
> > mantle. If that doesn't happen, I guess it'll be time to try something
> > new!
>
> I think important editor skills are to listen and then to consolidate.
>
> My impression is that you work that way¹ (where I have difficulty
> listening to things not fitting my own mental model of the discussion,
> and therefore I will miss new or brittle input).
>
>  - Jonas
>
> ¹ which may of course simply be that you are shy or cautious, but that's
> better than having my overconfidence crush opposing views, leading us
> to... anything but consensus.


Appears that way to me too, willingness and momentum are half the battle,
and you seem to have both, so +1 from me too

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