Duncan Harris wrote:
I've gone through most of these article, cross referencing all those on vfd. Some are pretty good, only needing minor sweeps, but for every good article, there's atleast one bad one. The pcw has a responsibility to provide us with a list of articles worked on. He can accept what twaddle he likes for his assignment, but yes this does reflect badly on him and the university (especially with one idiot trying to defend the reserve football team by impersonating RickK). I think people sweeping this rubbish should give themselves a round of applaus. pcw should be warned not to attempt this again in a similar form unless he changes the wording of his assignment, as it may constitute organised vandalism.
The proper term for this kind of response is "arrogance".
Why does he have any more responsibility to provide such a list than anyone else?. Everyone on this project has the right to anonymity, and you are promoting a breach of that privacy. I think the type of exercise offerred by this prof was commendable, and more of it should be encouraged. Some of the articles may appear sophomoric and local, but if people like you were not putting on such superior airs more might be encouraged to produce better material.
I know nothing about Dartmouth, but I did go to the article, [[Dartmouth Film Society]], and found it perfectly acceptable. A society that has been active since 1947 is certainly worthy of mention. I then looked at a sample of other items that you had recommended for deletion, and they certainly seemed worthy of articles. The various articles about high schools were talked about and generally found acceptable more than a year ago.
Pcw appears to have acted in good faith; that's not vandalism. If there's any vandalism being practised it's by those individuals who maintain a pogrom against anything that does not fit into their narrow little worlds.
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