[WikiEN-l] What's going on?

Christiano Moreschi moreschiwikiman at hotmail.co.uk
Sun Sep 2 18:18:51 UTC 2007


>From: Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
>To: "Wiki-EN-L (new topics)" <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
>Subject: [WikiEN-l] What's going on?
>Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:15:25 -0400
>
>Folks,
>
>I have just spent some time reviewing the List's archives for the past
>several months, and it is clear something is changing ­ and not for the
>good. The dialogues have become more combative, argumentative and downright
>mean. The individual contributions have become more aggressive, intolerant,
>patronizing, bullying, insulting, and downright mean. There has been a
>steady decline in fairness, civility and just plain listening.
>
>It has gotten to the point where a person needs to dress in helmet and full
>padding before submitting a post. How many persons, who would otherwise
>contribute to the List, simply choose not to - feeling it's not worth the
>hassle?
>
>What's going on?
>
>Marc Riddell

Oh, I don't know. Certain amount of infighting is healthy. Shows vitality.

Also, when you you crazies like Kuntan coming here when they can't get a 
hearing anywhere else, you can't really expect much niceness from anyone.

Moreschi

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