On May 4, 2006, at 5:26 AM, Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
On Wed, 3 May 2006 23:51:01 -0700, you wrote:
Unfortunately, this misses the point. Whether you called it a "closure" or "cancellation" or a "stoppage" or whatever. You halted the process that a lot of people were contributing to. They had a right to be heard. This wastes a lot of time and looks like bad behavior for an admin to kill an AfD early, especially one he has been involved in.
I disagree. Cyde stopped a catfight.
But he took a job as a cat herder. Yes, the AfD is extremely messy and, however decided, will involve bad feeling, but when we attempt to write encyclopedia articles about contemporary controversial subjects that is always the case. The alternative would be to not accept articles until the matter is settled. But our coverage of controversial current events is one of our strengths. It is like a great Limburger cheese. Nothing that stinky, or interesting, on Britannica.
Fred
Guy (JzG)
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