Steve Bennett wrote:
On 7/17/06, Andrew Lih andrew.lih@gmail.com wrote:
I disagree - I think the WP community should keep the press accountable on how Wikipedia is reported. However, I do agree that critcism should be constructive, and not snarky and obnoxious, as comments on this list tend to be.
IMHO, snarky and obnoxious is fine for this list - even if it's publicly readable, it's essentially an internal, private mailing list. That is, statements on it should not be taken to reflect any broader "on record" sentiment. The Wikipedia Signpost is a different matter.
The Wikipedia Signpost has been known to quote from this list, however. Essentially internal, perhaps, but given a particular set of circumstances comments can be picked up and spread, and snarky and obnoxious sometimes has greater news appeal.
--Michael Snow