On 27/09/2007, Brock Weller brock.weller@gmail.com wrote:
free-as-in-speech is an expression to seperate that free from free-as-in-free-beer. And chinese people are not censored by wikipedia. They are blocked by their government. Show me where in the blocking policy it lists 'being chinese' as a criterion for a block.
It's called 'No open proxies'.
There are options available to allow Wikipaedia a measure of safety from proxy misusers and still let some people edit through them. For example, nym. http://www.lunkwill.org/src/nym/
Do you want to write me a program to correct my spelling? Alternatively, you could add 'Wikipaedia' to your filters.
I'd rather you just stop acting like you're eight. I shouldn't have to go out of my way to correct something that could be solved by you using correct spelling. It makes you look more petty each time it's brought up and you refuse.
I suppose you would like me to spell everything the American way?
Old folks actually have more difficulty changing their ways than young folks. Supposing I made a concerted effort to spell Wikipaedia 'Wikipedia', I would probably forget in less than a week anyway.
Alternatively, you could note that it is spelt Wikipaedia by some: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/sco/7/71/Wiki-sco.png
no, the majority of people who bring this up are massive trolls hoping to stir up people like you against everyone else. Don't fall for the bait, man.
Erm, WP is quite capable of stirring me up without the help of people who might comfort me if I weren't so upset at them for hurting friends of mine....
the system works well,
Hurting people isn't working well.
We don't hurt people. Sometimes we have to remove a community member, but we don't all go out and lynch random people we dislike. 'Hey look, it's Eddie! He looked at me funny last night!'
You don't just ban people. You (you == WP, not Brock) attack them. 'Troll' is one of the most common insults. Banned user pages show up on top of Google searches for many of their names or pseudonyms.
we are not about to collapse,
You already have, or what was that on /. ?
Because, you know, the community is in disarray and theres no encyclop(a)edia. Missed that happening over lunch, did I?
WP is failing to take care of its own people.
Who the hell brought slimvirgin into this? See, that's all these people obsess over.
You did, I believe.
I don't have to show that. 'Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence' and all that. You have yet to show anything. You spout nothing but hyperbole and nonsense, hoping some sticks, when it's patently false.
Do you not believe I am upset? Do you want a description of the effects of propoxyphene/acetomenophin combo?
Seriously. we're sorry you feel running a tor exit node is more important then editing. We are. But *you* made that choice, not us.
I feel protecting myself from a guy who molested me when I was a child is more important than editing. When you are saying it is my choice, you are saying it is my fault I got molested. Please stop.