On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 20:54 +0000, Haukur Þorgeirsson wrote:
I agree with you, Michael. Death threats, even when
they are meant as
jokes, are in poor taste and not appropriate for Wikipedia. I'm not saying
the person making the above comment should be banned, of course. (In fact
I suspect that Michael and I would be among the first people to protest
such an idea.) But it's probably a good idea to take care that jokes can
not be misread. The person making completely inappropriate comments on
Jimbo's family may well have considered himself to be "making a joke" (I
don't know enough of the specifics of that case to be sure).
Woah, death threats? By "disappear," I meant "disappear from
Wikipedia,"
since a common accusation leveled by disgruntled users is that admins
are trying to make their edits, spam pages, or whatever else "go away."
Guess I need to be a little more careful with my humor.
--Christopher Larberg ([[w:en:User:Slowking Man]])