So what is your opinion of a newbie running to the mailing list and tattling for every
thing I do, even when I explain to him what my reasons were and he doesn't come back
with another discussion, but instead institues an RfC on me after supposedly having been
around for maybe three or four days? Sounds like somebody who knows his way around
Wikipedia a little too well for a newbie.
RickK
Jens Ropers <ropers(a)ropersonline.com> wrote:
Trolls seek to fire up people on some ruse, to get them to overreact
and make complete asses of themselves in public.
I don't know if Ed is a troll (and I'm not saying he is; it seems
progressively unlikely to me that he is).
Lemme however assume for a sec that RIck is right and that Ed is a
troll:
What Rick is doing is STILL remarkably unwise, because he's getting
EXACTLY where a troll would want him to be.
Besides, insulting (ie. wronging) a perceived or actual bad guy doesn't
improve anything or anybody.
Now assuming that Ed is not a troll:
What Rick is doing is de-test-a-ble, because Rick is Assuming Bad Faith.
No matter how strongly Rick may believe in his assessment of Ed:
Strength of conviction is no substitute for sensible reasoning and due
process.
As a Wikipedian (even as a pretty dormant one), I expressly disapprove
of this.
-- ropers [[en:User:Ropers]]
www.ropersonline.com
On 28 Nov 2004, at 21:41, Rick wrote:
Go find something worthwhile to do. You are a pest.
Like a gnat or a
yappy little dog.
RickK
R E Broadley <20041111(a)stardate.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
Rebecca,
I apologise for misrepresenting your post by not including the topic
title. It was not my intention to misrepresent it, and if this was an
honest mistake by RickK, than I apologise to RickK also. It might not
be
reckless editing, but I still consider it to be editing without due
care
and attention, of which I've spotted a lot of these from him recently.
If it were driving, he'd have lost his license by now.
Ed
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