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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: Poor, Edmund W [<A HREF="mailto:Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com">mailto:Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: 26 January 2004 14:57</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: English Wikipedia</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: [WikiEN-l] Let's keep "no personal attacks" (was: Arbitration</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> progress report #2)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sean,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I'm glad there's a contrarian on board. Like the Cunctator, </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> you will help balance a process that has a risk of turning </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> into a witch-hunt.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> But...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> There are only three things that really piss off valuable </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> contributors and drive them away:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 1. Arbitrary reversion of good work (i.e., edit wars with </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> morons)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 2. Name-calling (e.g., "you moron, stop reverting my work")</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Ed Poor</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> P.S. There are 3 kinds of statisticians, those who can count </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> and those who can't ;-)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>And the third one is people who seem to be at Wikipedia just to stir the pot, never making any useful contributions.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Billy Mills</FONT>
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