Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:57:08 +0000, you wrote:
We do have [[Category:Notable_Wikipedians]].
Yes, I was going through that the other day. Some of these "notable Wikipedians" registered, created their own autobiography articles, added themselves to the category, and haven't been seen since...
By no means all, though: some have been marvellously modest.
That category needs to be renamed, but to what? It's basically a combination of "Wikipedians who are so notable they get an article" and "people who have an article who joined Wikipedia, if ever so temporarily".
I wonder whether "don't bite the newbies" needs to be amplified when it comes to this kind of person: it's bad enough when we're rude to someone who doesn't have sufficient clout to make a stink elsewhere. Deliberately pissing-off someone who could bring us much good publicity is simply asking for trouble, and Assuming Bad Faith simply because they're editing their own article should be stomped on hard.
HTH HAND