on 3/6/07 8:35 AM, Earle Martin at wikipedia@downlode.org wrote:
Actually, I would bet you that the vast majority of people editing Wikipedia don't even have the faintest awareness of "the Essjay situation". Hyperbole like this doesn't help.
"Hyperbole" is a subjective term. And, again, with the denial! Anything that puts and keeps a problem in the face of those who can be a part of the solution helps enormously.
On an infinitely larger and more significant scale, do I need to cite the recent mess at Walter Reed Hospital? Are the words of the patients (victims) hyperbole?
Marc