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 ::But because you also said exactly this on the CDA Talk page in a 'statement to eveyone'. Jusdafax is now saying that I've alienated ""yet another"" editor. He has tried to stop every development on CDA since early Jan, even the ones that plugged huge holes - it's just more ammunition to him. 

 ::I did ask you for your thoughts above, I admit GoodDay, as you always say what you feel, which is great when you just need some straight advice. But I'm questioning myself now why I needed to take such a high risk. The risk of course is of you publically stating your opinion, then publically reversing it a bit later - effectively from offering support to my Canvassing proposal (which was nice of you, though not actually asked for) to supporting my work being sidelined and reverted by someone else to a simplistic 'per WP:Canvass' section ""if it helps CDA"". The reply to your generosity was ""thank you GoodDay"", of course, but what do you expect at that point? I've no idea if you changed your mind about Canvassing or not, but I doubt it - I suspect you still see it as a problematic issue, as no reasons were given to you (that I could see) to encourage you to significantly change your mind. 

 ::The risk of you doing this was so high, that I have to ask myself why did I ask for your advice on such a difficult and fraught issue (after you have already backed out once for a short while too)? The reason is that there is something fundamentally 'not right' with CDA. It's not just that it's been 'clamped' by a small group of editors. It's just not running as smoothly as something with the momentum it had at one point should. I think that's largely down to the thorny Canvassing matter, and the mayhem it could potentially cause Wikipedia - it must be on the back of most people's minds, and right at the front of those who voted in the Motion to Close. It's amazing that such a few editors have managed to effectively avoid dealing with something so central for so long. 'Per WP:CANVASSING' is the weakest 'cop out' i've seen on Wikipedia, WP:canvassing itself being so general and easily-abused. It is 'burying heads in the sand' stuff, and the matter is far to important to ""sort out later"" when it is clear that no one can sort it out now.   "