On 2/19/07, Jossi Fresco <jossifresco(a)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