The argument that an article about a non-profit can't be an advertisement is absurd.
Well, yeah. Non-profits can advertise as well. They have that right, if done in the proper place. The difference between a for-profit and non-profit corporations is non-profits, at least in spirit, aren't supposed to make any money. Advertising sometimes *cost* money.
Emily On Sep 18, 2009, at 10:02 AM, Amory Meltzer wrote:
I wouldn't exactly call that post "nice." It reads to me like just another person complaining. The argument that an article about a non-profit can't be an advertisement is absurd. I recognize that NPPs should on the whole be nicer to submissions from newer users, but the overwhelming majority of speedily deleted articles deserve to be so. I don't understand why anyone would feel so entitled about a submission to what is essentially somebody else's website.
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On Friday, September 18, 2009, Sage Ross <ragesoss +wikipedia@gmail.com> wrote:
This isn't a new issue by any means, but here's a nice post by someone who's been contributing occasionally since 2004, about how daunting "wikibullying" can be for newbies and other editors who aren't well-versed in the procedures and processes.
http://travel-industry.uptake.com/blog/2009/09/04/bullypedia-a-wikipedian-wh...
Unfriendliness is built into the system, even when admins and others who enforce the rules are perfectly civil and try to be friendly at an individual level.
-Sage
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