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