---- Jon Awbrey <jawbrey(a)att.net> wrote:
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post 8.
response to a friendly off-list message,
which i will go ahead and post here in
the hopes that a different stroke might
work better for different folks. ja.
thanks for the friendly response.
I'm a 50+ year old person with a solid lib arts BA,
MA's in math and psych, lots of post-grad study in
multiple fields, and years of cross-disciplinary
experience as a statistical consultant where i
specialized in constructing software and even
philosophical bridges between sub-communities
of researchers who had all but lost the ability
to comprehend each others' ways and motivations.
i understand about high ideals and non-elitism --
I'm a onetime flower-child from a generation
of non-elitists.
but WP defeats me, and it's largely because
it enforces a regime of dishonest communication,
and it's gotten confused about the difference
between non-elitism and anti-knowledge-ism.
Jon Awbrey,
Take a break from editing till your batteries are recharged then come back and help fix
the problems. Theere is a place for you at Wikipedia. You need to learn the ropes.
Look me up: User:FloNight, a former Register Nurse, mother of three college students and a
Wikipedia Administrator. I'll give you some tips on how to deal pov pushing editors
and bullies.
Take care,
Sydney Poore
Georgetown, KY