Re: [WikiEN-l] Personal Attacks Narrowly Defined

I'd like to get the opinions of the list on the following statement: "I have never engaged in personal attacks on any editor. Since I don't know any other editor personally, and know nothing about them other than what they write here, I don't see how I could make a personal attack on them even if I was minded to." http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_arb… This seems to say that unless an editor knows another personally, a personal attack is not possible. Can someone please comment on how this squares with WP:NPA? The editor who made the above comment then goes on to describe other named editors as trolls (a term widely accepted as being a personal attack), and makes derogatory comments about these editors, stating that he has "engaged in recent edit wars with these editors". This particular editor has recently been admonished by the Arbcom to avoid personal attacks: "User:xxxx is admonished to avoid discourtesy and personal attacks." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Skyring/Pro… -- Peter in Canberra _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)Wikipedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l