Sam. You want straight answers? You want plain speaking? OK.
Do you hurt the encyclopedia? Yes. Do you also do good things? Yes, probably; it's pretty hard to make 30,000 edits from the same account without some of them being good. Do you do more damage to the encyclopedia than the good that you do? With the behavior that got the restrictions put on you by the ArbCom, yes, you do more damage. With some other set of behavior, maybe not. It continues to be your choice between leaving in a huff (which I doubt; if you were to go that way you would have done so already), or changing your behavior. The number of votes you get in elections to the ArbCom says nothing about if you damage the 'pedia or not, or if you behave in a manner which allows others to contribute effectively.
Jesse Weinstein
On Jun 2, 2006, at 3:36 PM, Sam Spade wrote:
We are not trying to modify your behavior, just reminding you that if you can't play nice, you can't play at all. Choosing to be alienated is your own choice.
Fred
I'm not alienated from most users, that should be obvious based on the results of past elections:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia: Arbitration_Committee_Elections_July_2004
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia: Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2004
http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/arbcom
Notice a pattern? Growing support. I had the support of 30% of the voters in the last election. I understand that I am alienated from ''you'', but that is your choice, based on your behavior.
I'm not here to play games, I am here to help. I am about to stop helping however, because of your insulting behavior, and the ineffectual system that empowers you.
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