On 7/20/2013 11:28 AM, Andreas Kolbe wrote:
Jeremy,
It's a question of proportionality. Right now, I feel sorrier for Drmies than I do for women on Wikipedia.
There are really better targets to pick on in Wikipedia than a guy who is known to engage in flowery and humorous prose wishing his friend a happy birthday.
Andreas
Again MOST editors will NOT know that a) this editor engages in flowery humor and b) it is his friend.
Therefore they will interpret it from THEIR view point, not that of people who know those facts...
Imagine you read this was the message on WP:ANI:
"Let's call a spade a spade; editor Jack_Black_from_Harlem is a closet fat ass !"
Would most people think that the editor was a friend making gentle fun of him or take this suggestive comment as some sort of racist and possibly homophobic or anti-fat people comment?