From: Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@comcast.net Reply-To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org To: "Wiki-EN-L (new topics)" wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [WikiEN-l] What's going on? Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:15:25 -0400
Folks,
I have just spent some time reviewing the List's archives for the past several months, and it is clear something is changing and not for the good. The dialogues have become more combative, argumentative and downright mean. The individual contributions have become more aggressive, intolerant, patronizing, bullying, insulting, and downright mean. There has been a steady decline in fairness, civility and just plain listening.
It has gotten to the point where a person needs to dress in helmet and full padding before submitting a post. How many persons, who would otherwise contribute to the List, simply choose not to - feeling it's not worth the hassle?
What's going on?
Marc Riddell
Oh, I don't know. Certain amount of infighting is healthy. Shows vitality.
Also, when you you crazies like Kuntan coming here when they can't get a hearing anywhere else, you can't really expect much niceness from anyone.
Moreschi
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