Larry Sanger wrote:
Now, don't get me wrong. I really do wish we all were a *lot* nicer to each other than we have been.
Me too, although at the same time I'm impressed with how nice everyone usually is. As compared to the typical mailing list or Usenet debate, wikipedia /talk pages are very co-operative (on the whole).
Virtually all discussions start with the base assumption that the other person wants to get it right as much as we do, and that differences are cause for careful analysis and tweaking, not for flame wars.
It doesn't always go that way, of course, and unfortunately, but usually it does. Some are masters at it.
--Jimbo