You may reasonably expect the other party to also defend their edits.
Fred
From: Sascha Noyes lists@pantropy.net Reply-To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 11:36:51 -0500 To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Preservation of context.
On Wednesday 18 February 2004 04:22 pm, Plautus Satire wrote:
I really despise having to appeal to the masses just to use wikipedia as any other person is doing right at this very moment. Having to continually and constantly defend each and every single edit, no matter how trivial, is really tiresome. What is causing all "the problems" on wikipedia? Is it people like me?
Yes
Or is it the frustration I'm sure many have endured of being banned and moderated for hurting somebody's feelings with the truth?
No. This is precisely the wrong attitude. If what constitutes the "truth" is under contention, then simply stating that you are the bearer of the supreme and only truth will lead nowhere except reversion wars. What is needed is backing up with evidence and citations. Which you seem to describe as "constantly defend each and every single edit".
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