On 17/12/2007, Relata Refero refero.relata@gmail.com wrote:
I haven't asked GlassCobra exactly how scientific his 'study' is, but it matches my own intuition. This is precisely why I believe that our notions of the 'community' are quite incorrect in orientation, and the regular contempt and suspicion showered on IPs apparently getting uppity and on new/returning accounts is the worst possible thing for the project. I suspect that there are more people actually creating the useful content on WP than those with long-term, high-count established accounts warring on policy pages and project-space appear to imagine there are.
Oh yeah. Biting the n00bs is a REALLY BAD THING. The question is how to deal with problem cases (up to and including persistent and dangerous nutters) without getting into a bitey attitude.
- d.