On 2/19/07, Jossi Fresco jossifresco@mac.com wrote:
On Feb 19, 2007, at 2:38 PM, K P wrote:
I do realize, particularly after viewing the cesspool of Wikipedia from the inside
Sorry, but I also have my own dignity and comfort level.
I do not have to respond to people that believe that Wikipedia is a cesspool.
-- Jossi
Yawn. This is part of what administrators do, they look at the cesspool of new articles, speedy deletes, and utter vanity uploads, to make sure that Wikipedia itself isn't one. Someone on this list suggested I look at this once, to gain an appreciation for the type of crap that Wikipedia administrators are willing to wade through. It had its intended impact: it made me see how incredibly valuable it is to have a group of people willing to spend hours a day on this.
You're not serving administrators to their advantage with desperate attempts like this. People who really do understand Wikipedia and value it, don't need to denegrate editors who contribute only part-time, in order to support administrators, because they can, instead, show what administrators do of value. It's really only those who don't know what administrators or understand the benefits of all the anybodies that are at such a complete loss for showing any positive examples of administrators, that feel personally threatened and resort to personal attacks when anyone challenges the very idea that administrators are superhuman.
KP