On 2/9/11 1:25 PM, Daniel and Elizabeth Case wrote:
Let's focus on solving problems, not creating them. I don't think this thread is a productive use of this mailing list's time and energy.
I generally would agree, and had you left it at that I would have let the thread die as the discussion has really moved to where it should be.
But, declaring "enough already" and then taking some parting shots, however reasonable they might otherwise be, in a public forum is also emblematic of the behavior you go on to criticize.
I didn't take any parting shots, and I don't really want to debate you. I am just asking you to think about what you are doing.
So, one should simply not do anything then? I feel that assuming good faith means you hold out some hope that the Tims of Wikipedia can respond positively to the right approach. Leaving them alone because you don't want to start a ruckus is assuming bad faith, and leads to festering organizational problems anywhere, not just Wikipedia.
I'm not suggesting anyone do nothing. I'm suggesting that (a) you could have done it differently, and (b) no matter how you do it, let's keep this list more strictly focused on the problem at hand. It might involve the community's openness to newcomers, but it doesn't involve a specific editor's conduct or sockpuppetry case.
Dominic