[WikiEN-l] WP:DENY is a steaming pile of crap.

[David Gerard]

On 07/11/2007, GDonato <gdonato at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> I do seem to remember having a good, sensible conversation with
> Flameviper on IRC once but he was not a model user by any means. There
> was some name-calling and/or incivility as I remember and it took some
> time in order to get the thing on-topic but once we were there, the rest
> of the conversation went well. Unfortunately, but understandably, not
> all people are willing to spend this time when there are people who are
> possibly easier to interact with also needing help. If Flameviper wishes
> to become a more respected user, he should ensure that he is courteous
> and respects others as much as possible.


There are querulous people on IRC who don't understand how querulous
they are and won't go away. A Pavolvian policy (tolerate until they're
being actively a pain in the backside or do specific annoying things)
can keep things down to a slow simmer IME.


- d.