[WikiEN-l] [Redacted] complaining Was: Admins who do not have email this user enabled (list inside)

[Steven Walling]

Prior to Steven's post no one was attacking anyone

I just want it known that what I said was meant to be a joke, which I
thought would be obvious.

On 9/13/07, Matthew Brown <morven at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/13/07, Armed Blowfish <diodontida.armata at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > On 13/09/2007, Matthew Brown <morven at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > We are here to work on a project.
> > > -Matt
> >
> > *You* are here to build an encylcopaedia.
> > The Wikipaedia community has already
> > stated loud and clear they do not want my
> > help with that.
>
> Your interpretation.  Myself, I think what has been said is that they
> are uncomfortable with how permitting editing through Tor allows
> vandals and sockpuppeteers to evade scrutiny, and that unfortunately
> this also means that editors of good will who desire to use Tor for
> reasons of anonymity cannot.
>
> > I am here because Wikipaedia is seriously
> > hurting people, often being a worse attack
> > site than Encyclopaedia Dramatica, and it
> > needs to stop.
>
> Ridiculous hyperbole.
>
> This is not to say that there are not problems - there are and
> sometimes they are serious.
>
> However, a comparison between the two projects shows that Wikipedia is
> trying to be a useful resource and ED is trying to get a rise out of
> people for their own amusement by publishing whatever hurts those they
> don't like.  I think that's a major difference, personally.
>
> -Matt
>
>
> -Matt
>
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