On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 23:01, Toby Bartels wrote:
Daniel Mayer wrote:
Toby Bartels wrote:
For those worried that "firefighter" tends to imply that a wave of newbies is a problem (a raging fire), just remember that it was originally the Wikipedia "militia".
The fires created are not the newbies themselves, but the damage a small part of them do (either intentional or not).
So we don't think of them as fires but rather as potential arsonists? I don't mean to say that the term /is/ inherently insulting, but any term that suggests that newbies may cause trouble (and they may) will be capable of being taken the wrong way. (I personally find "firefighter" acceptable.)
Wikipedia Storm Watchers?