From: Skyring skyring@gmail.com On 8/15/05, Daniel P. B. Smith dpbsmith@verizon.net wrote
A common characteristic of [the early teens] is a total inability to let things go and not sweat the small stuff. Every tiny rejection is fought tooth and nail, not for personal reasons of course, but because of The Principle Of The Thing.
I am sure that if I personally were fourteen years old right now I would a) be contributing to Wikipedia and b) would be one of those "brittle" and problematic users.
You know, this is pretty much the feeling I got when I had my first experience of Wikiconflict. The other guy came across as an opinionated teenager.
I was amused to find that he'd had the same perception of me.
How nice to think that Wikipedia keeps our minds youthful!
-- Daniel P. B. Smith, dpbsmith@verizon.net "Elinor Goulding Smith's Great Big Messy Book" is now back in print! Sample chapter at http://world.std.com/~dpbsmith/messy.html Buy it at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1403314063/