On 2/3/06, Guettarda <guettarda(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 2/3/06, Sam Korn <smoddy(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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I ask those who support the CVU: 1) how does it
help Wikipedia in ways
that a non-organisational structure couldn't? and 2) is the good it
does really more significant than the dislike it creates among other
Wikipedians?
1. I'd hazard a guess that the CVU builds a spirit of community among people
who want to focus on fighting vandalism and gives recognition to an
essential task which really gets very little recognition
It's the *kind* of recognition that troubles me. The Counter Vandalism
Unit is a clear take-off of the Counter Terrorism Unit. Not the kind
of analogy I like to see.
2. Dislike it creates? Seriously? I wasn't aware
of any until this thread
popped up (as opposed to people who have issues with Cool Cat).
I dislike it, seriously.