From: Jimmy Wales jwales@bomis.com Reply-To: wikien-l@wikipedia.org To: wikien-l@wikipedia.org Subject: [WikiEN-l] Ceasefire declared Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 05:27:14 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from pliny.wikipedia.org ([130.94.122.197]) by mc4-f10.law16.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Thu, 7 Aug 2003 05:31:34 -0700 Received: from pliny.wikipedia.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])by pliny.wikipedia.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h77CVJY14969;Thu, 7 Aug 2003 12:31:19 GMT Received: from joey.bomis.com (root@joey.bomis.com [130.94.122.196])by pliny.wikipedia.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h77CUUY14920for wikien-l@wikipedia.org; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 12:30:30 GMT Received: from joey.bomis.com (jwales@localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])by joey.bomis.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h77CREq6025513for wikien-l@wikipedia.org; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 05:27:14 -0700 Received: (from jwales@localhost)by joey.bomis.com (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h77CREuH025512for wikien-l@wikipedia.org; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 05:27:14 -0700 X-Message-Info: EoYTbT2lH2MsQxQLKd6QGg8OdPqYrWLN Message-ID: 20030807052714.M23909@joey.bomis.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org Errors-To: wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org X-BeenThere: wikien-l@wikipedia.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: mailto:wikien-l-request@wikipedia.org?subject=help List-Post: mailto:wikien-l@wikipedia.org List-Subscribe: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l,mailto:wikien-l-request@wikipedia.org?subject=subscribe List-Id: Discussion list for English-language Wikipedia <wikien-l.wikipedia.org> List-Unsubscribe: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l,mailto:wikien-l-request@wikipedia.org?subject=unsubscribe List-Archive: http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/ Return-Path: wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Aug 2003 12:31:34.0780 (UTC) FILETIME=[D6CE1BC0:01C35CDF]
I'm hereby declaring a ceasefire in the Jtdirl/RK flamewar. This is not a proclamation to be enforced by banning or anything like that, it's just a proclamation to be enforced by mutual respect.
I don't see that any progress is being made right now, so I ask all parties to just let it drop for now. Just let the pages be on the Wikipedia for a little while, let the attacks and counter-attacks cease on the mailing list, and maybe in a few weeks, tempers will have cooled enough to permit a kinder and more productive mutual approach.
And I ask everyone to "be the bigger party". If the other fellow tries to bait you with one last snarky comment, just take pleasure in how he looks like a jerk, and don't give in to the temptation to respond in kind.
--Jimbo
That's perfectly OK with me. Thanks, Jimbo
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