Hi,
What I see wrong in this process is that the original author
couldn't/wasn't willing to "save" the article. This seems like the
right order of events in these situations:
Author writes hacky article
RC patrol tags it as crap
Author sees it tagged, sighs with indignation, removes tag, keeps working.
However, if as in most cases, the author never comes back, then a week
later or whatver it is removed.
I don't see why the RC patrol should not tag it as crap, if, indeed,
it was crap. I don't think Sean is disputing that his article was
crap, just that he was planning on making it better. If he doesn't put
an in progress tag on it (and I've never actually seen one, to be
honest), then it's not unreasonable that he has to fish his
half-finished crap out of the bin before he can keep turning it into a
masterpiece.
Steve
On 2/10/06, Guettarda <guettarda(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I suppose the thing that surprises me about this is
the fact that people tag
work without taking a look at who the author is. Sure, if you see something
brand new by an anon or by a redlinked name, you may want to take a careful
look at it. If, on the other hand, you see something by Sean, you take for
granted that established contributors tend not to write "selfref
neologisms". If you see something like that from someone like Sean (or like
Dunc, which was what sparked a mess a few months ago) you give them the
benefit of the doubt - bookmark the page, maybe add it to your "to do" list
- but don't afd it. To be honest, if you see something brand new by a new
author you give them a chance to clean it up as well. Shooting first and
asking questions later is bound to only cause bad blood. In Sean's case, it
isn't going to drive him away, but a new editor could easily be driven off.
Ian
On 2/10/06, Stan Shebs <shebs(a)apple.com> wrote:
Sean Barrett wrote:
Answer Two: Yes, I left a note on his talk page,
and he replied on mine.
How come you didn't use your Staff of Arbcom to turn him into a
tiny little pile of ashes? 1/2 :-) We've got way too many noobs
running around pretending to be knowledgeable, and there seems to
be no incentive for them to learn.
Stan
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