Re: [Foundation-l] English Wikipedia

I do not want to turn this into another war, and I am not going to go into detail about my personal issues with you because I know that if I do you will open up another round of attacks on *my* character, but I do have several things to say here. I personally would not be in favor of you being allowed to edit on the English Wikipedia. Having said that, I do believe there is a lot of valuable information that you could contribute. However, when you see errors or omissions, you are also free to point them out to concerned editors. For example, if you feel that, say, [[Cherokee language]] has a glaring mistake or omission, you could always tell someone like me and I would be glad to fix it (despite our past differences, I have nothing against you as a person). The reason I would not be in favor of your return is that my experiences with you in the past have not been pleasant, and despite the current poor condition of articles on the previously mentioned topics at the English Wikipedia, I do not think the benefits outweigh the costs. The English Wikipedia already has problems with people attacking and harassing each other and it is not what I would call a healthy social environment. I can honestly say (without going into a lot of detail) that I do not think adding you back into the equation would exactly help make things more peaceful. This is of course just my opinion, and others may certainly disagree. I do hope that if you aren't allowed back, that won't discourage you from contributing anyways by giving suggested improvements to other editors because you are very right that the articles on these topics are in an abysmal condition and I think you have a lot to offer. And finally, I think that this is currently not a foundation-level issue, though I may be wrong, and if it's not one now, it could become one later. Mark On 01/05/07, Jeff V. Merkey <jmerkey(a)wolfmountaingroup.com> wrote: -- Refije dirije lanmè yo paske nou posede pwòp bato.