From: wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of jayjg Sent: Friday, 6 January 2006 09:37 To: English Wikipedia Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Userbox compromise proposal (Was: Proposalonuserboxdisagreement)
On 1/5/06, Peter Mackay peter.mackay@bigpond.com wrote:
From: wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of jayjg Sent: Friday, 6 January 2006 09:21 To: English Wikipedia Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Userbox compromise proposal (Was: Proposal onuserboxdisagreement)
On 1/5/06, Peter Mackay peter.mackay@bigpond.com wrote:
Being demonised instead of guided, it would seem. If
long-established
editors greet newcomers with hostility, they should hardly be surprised when this behaviour is taken as the established norm.
They haven't been demonised, nor greeted with hostility; I'm not sure where you got that from.
Right here, brother. Step back and read your comments with
the eyes of
those whom you are dunking in [[vitriol]].
Sigh. They're not here, I'm not interacting with them, and the vitriol seems to be something you have invented.
Perhaps we are misunderstanding each other. After all, only you and I know what is in our hearts, and words are an imperfect medium, especially when all we see is the bland ASCII characters.
I withdraw the "dunking in vitriol" comment. It was uneccessary and unjustified.
Perhaps the question is how do we deal with the proliferation of userboxes?
My feeling is that reacting with hostility and brutality is only going to escalate matters. I'm more inclined to ridicule and humiliation, especially with those self-identifying as self-pleasurers, but again, this is perhaps not the optimum approach.
I'd like to say that making use of the Golden Rule and setting an example by encouraging good behaviour and warning against bad behaviour is my preferred approach, but again, that's easy for me to say, because I'm not the person doing it.
Peter (Skyring)