On 1/3/06, slimvirgin@gmail.com slimvirgin@gmail.com wrote:
I'm not talking about the user boxes, Ryan, I'm talking about users who treat Wikipedia as a social club and not an encyclopedia. The user-box issue is the first time I've seen some of them act en masse. My point was that I'm glad we've seen it over a relatively minor issue (though I feel bad for the targets of it), because it might prompt some action before it gets to the point where they're dictating policy. Just because some of the user-box editors, if I can call them that, make few edits to the encyclopedia doesn't mean none do, or even that most don't, obviously.
Sarah
The problem is that wikipedia requires a certian level of social interaction. Trying to draw lines in the sand tends not to work.
-- geni