[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia Forum

[WJhonson at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/9/2009 1:28:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time,  
billdeancarter at yahoo.com writes:

Wikipedia Review will make me feel right at home? You mean they'll  address 
this issue which none of you Wikipedia administrators intend to,  
particularly David Gerard? What's the fucking point of you guys being  administrators 
when you won't address important issues? Since when is it okay  to speedy 
delete a new article re-created with the intentions of addressing  all of 
Wikipedia's notability demands? You guys are running a reckless website  and 
actually receive a deserved amount of negative press.  



"Wikipedia Review will make me feel right at home?"
 
Sort-of.  Maybe after a bit of flaming, just like everywhere.
 
"You mean they'll address this issue which none of you Wikipedia  
administrators intend to, particularly David Gerard?"
 
They will let you say your piece, and then respond to it.  It helps to  
vent to a third-party, and it's possible there might be someone who can help 
you  fix up the article so that it does pass muster who knows.  It's worth a  
shot isn't it?
 
"What's the fucking point of you guys being administrators when you won't  
address important issues?"
 
The more you say *fucking* the more people feel sympathy for you.  Or  is 
that the other way round?  At any rates, we're not all  administrators.  And 
I suppose it's possible that Alan Cabal is more  important than say "are 
there any burritos left?", but I've never heard of him  before today.
 
"Since when is it okay to speedy delete a new article re-created with the  
intentions of addressing all of Wikipedia's notability demands?"
 
We are willing here I'm sure to hear what changes you've instituted that  
make it pass.  So far I haven't heard anything specific and I'm too lazy to  
compare the articles in detail.  But you see to have a lot of energy and  
maybe you could be more forthcoming.
 
"You guys are running a reckless website and actually receive a deserved  
amount of negative press."
 
Wikipedia is reckless.  Makes me feel sort-of excited or  something.  But 
really Bill, you know there are listeners who are  sympathetic to 
inclusionism, so I'm not sure what advantage you're getting by  trying to paint us all 
with a broad brush here.  You catch more flies with  honey you know.
 
Will Johnson
 
 
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