On 22 June 2014 09:53, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I might point out that I've perhaps needled
GerardM more than most people
on this list (and even been moderated for it once years ago), but I find
his posts about WikiData interesting and I read them when I can. I think
Thomas Morton has a very good point though -- so if I may make a request:
Whether the topic is Wikidata, or Wil, or Wikipediocracy, or pedophilia,
or whatever the drama was with Russavia, or Commons admins, or whatever it
is that raises hackles; can we all just be real for a second, and stop
feigning innocence/ignorance when we're trolling, being snarky, or posting
"innocent questions" that just so happen to cover a controversial topic, or
using misleading/distorted data to ask a pointed question? Seriously, this
list is becoming less like foundation-l and more like foxnews-l.
(To clarify this is not directed at Tomasz -- I'm just taking advantage of
his post to GerardM as being tangentially related.)
Dan
Dan Rosenthal
Agreed. The "who, me?" level of passive-aggressive snark on the list is
way out of hand. I'm glad the list moderators are taking a hard line
against it, and hopefully it will result in some useful communication
happening on this list again. If you don't want to be moderated, then cut
the sarcasm and the personal attacks, it's not hard.
Regards,
Craig