Fred Bauder wirtes:
To crab up and fall into a negative posture is simply rude beyond words. In the case of Wikipedia articles I can't imagine a more productive situation than a free-flowing and respectful relationship with the fluent English speaker sometimes editing a bit for syntax and the native Chinese speaker grounding material in Chinese reality. It's always worth the trouble.
Um, I am totally confused. Why are you rebutting a position that no one has? I certainly never offered a position anything like the one Fred is imagining. In fact, I totally agree with everything Fred has written here. I think it is *wonderful* that an English speaker would work with someone to help improve an article.
I just don't like it when someone with poor English skills is rude to English speakers, and insist on adding material and phrasings that are vague, incomprehensible, mistaken, or using non-standard definitions of words that no other English speakers use.
Is the difference between these two cases clear now?
Sheesh,
Robert (RK)
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