I see I posted to the wrong list, but I suppose it applies to all Wiki
areas. I don't think it's a matter of righteousness or bad intent, though.
Just carelessness and an overly eager point scoring goal.
KP
On 4/20/07, Steve Summit <scs(a)eskimo.com> wrote:
KP wrote:
I'm not "refusing" to provide the
name. I would like to understand
the situation from a general standpoint. The Wikipedia community
has a tendency not to deal with generalities... If we start with
names and posts the conversation will degenerate into a discussion
of this specific incident...
Okay, fair enough. (I've done the same, for the same reason.
And "refuse" was too strong; I should have said "decline".)
At the end of the day, though, pretty much Wikipedia's only real
defense mechanism against a determined, persistent vandal (or
other anticonstructuve editor) is determined persistence on the
side of righteousness and truth. There's no silver bullet; we
just need to make sure the good guys substantially outnumber the
bad guys, and that the bad work stays visible so it can be fixed.
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