On 30/08/06, Sean Black <hulksmashly(a)gmail.com> wrote:
From: Phil Sandifer <Snowspinner(a)gmail.com>
> Have you ever READ a popular culture article?
> Particularly one about a fictional character, where you've got better-
> than-even chances of being right to add {{cleanup fiction-as-fact}}
> to it before you even start to deal with its other problems, of which
> there will be many.
And have you ever considerd trying to fix that and
improve the
articles instead of complaining about it on some mailing list? It's
amazing how often the people who have virtually no experience actually
editing articles and creating content are the ones who complain the
most.
Which last assumption applies to neither Phil nor myself, as you should know.
Articles on pop singers and so forth tend to hagiography because the
fans are the only ones interested and keep the criticism out. Pick and
read some.
Telling people who say "there's a problem here" to shut up and fix it
and not bother you seems like denial rather than something that
assumes systematic problems are worth considering at all, let alone
solvable.
- d.