On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:12:23 -0500, "Alec Conroy" alecmconroy@gmail.com wrote:
See, these are the kinds of statements that concern me. It seems like you're making your distinctions based on assocations, not behavior.
No, I am making judgments based on what is actually happening. See the Alkivar arbitration for a real-world example of how the influence of this particular site is currently damaging Wikipedia.
The problem is, through your words and your actions, you lead me to believe that you regard anyone who has had absolutely any connection with any site frequented by anyone you don't like as utterly contemptible. If you edited WR once, well you might as well be Jon Awbrey himself! (or Bagley, or Barber).
No, I regard the current high-profile WR crowd, notably Bagley (user WordBomb), Barber (user JB196 / WR user Looch) and Awbrey (WR user Jonny Cache) as enemies of the project. So do they. They have no interest whatsoever in Wikipedia other than as a place to pursue their personal agenda. They are resourceful, determined and their agenda is inimical to ours. Once they are gone then WR might perhaps turn into a group of people worth listening to.
Cleaning up after these abusers has cost me and numerous others a lot of time and effort. A lot.
Guy (JzG)