[WikiEN-l] Totally unscientific investigation...

[Ray Saintonge]

David Gerard wrote:

>That's absolutely and incredibly not true. They write a verifiable
>article about something they know, get abusive comments on AFD (for
>some reason, civility and assume good faith don't work there ... the
>reason AFD is so damn poisonous to the community is that it blatantly
>encourages participants to assume *bad* faith) and *leave*.
>
>They're volunteers, not employees. They will write about what they
>want to write about, not what someone else wants them to write about.
>You can drive them away very easily (does anyone on AFD actually want
>to do this? I'd hope not), but I would say this is not a good thing.
>  
>
That poisonous atmosphere is perhaps the most damaging thing that is 
currently happening on Wikipedia.  Those who are spreading that poison 
appear completely oblivious to the effect that they are having on the 
social fabric.

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