Rotem Dan wrote:
Ok, then what is the prefered course of action on these matters?
"Edit this page" :-)
It's good to be sensitive and kind to the work of others, and to try on talk pages to be understanding and accomodating. And it's also good to "Be bold in updating pages". Somewhere in the tension between those two lies the genuis of wikipedia.
I am beginning to think these are just defects inherited from mistreatment in the early days of wikipedia.
I wouldn't use the word "mistreatment", but it's certainly true that Wikipedia can be improved, and in some areas it can be markedly improved with a little bit of effort.
I've had problems implementing my suggestions on the cultural issues (see earlier posts) in wikipedia's policies, maybe because I think this will look like concealed politically correctness, I don't know.
A love for the task at hand, and the fundamental and unshakable convention that the bulk of Wikipedia participants want to do the right thing will carry us all a long way.
Earlier, you posted in anger with what appeared to me to be a basic assumption that we're trying to be biased or sucky or something. Such an approach -- leading with hostility rather than love -- tends to raise hackles unnecessarily. We're all guilty of it on occassion -- no big deal. I'm just making a recommendation here. :-)
--Jimbo