[WikiEN-l] WP:AFD and public relations

[Matt R]

--- David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> Matt R wrote:
> 
> >Doesn't seem overly "spikey" to me, unless I've missed further debate
> >elsewhere. Why exactly do these Wikipedians need to "cool it"? 
> > As AfD goes, it seems pretty harmless. I'm sorry, but I don't
> > really think it's constructive to shout and swear at Wikipedians
> > based on what appears to be an unconvincing example of us treating 
> >outsiders badly.
> 
> Whether he's overreacting or not is actually not so relevant. When we
> piss off people with an audience, they will tend to say so to their
> audience. Is this something to be avoided if possible?

I think the AfD response to that particular page was completely reasonable. If
that guy was upset about his treatment here in this instance, then  that's just
his problem. They did not need to "COOL IT" "FOR FUCKS SAKE".
 
> Feel free to stay in self-righteous denial about a PR nightmare.

Any chance you could be less rude? I'm in "self-righteous denial" just because
I didn't heartily endorse your comment? Come on. It's quite reasonable to
question your example, particularly when it doesn't really demonstrate any
problems of the sort you claim it does.

>From what I've seen in press articles, Wikipedia's real PR problems come from a
perception of unreliability, and not from how we treat questionably-notable
people who decide to write encyclopedia articles about themselves.

-- Matt


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