G'day Adrian,
Daniel R. Tobias schrieb:
KamrynMatika seems possibly to have been run off in this way now.. at least, she's
blanked
out her user and talk pages and hasn't made any appearance in a couple of days, after
getting into conflict with the "draconian-link-ban" people.
Dan, please don't take this the wrong way, but KamrynMatika's 245
mainspace edits are rather negligible compared to the tens of thousands
of edits the most attacked Wikipedians have contributed. If protecting
several of our more prolific editors from attacks means that some fairly
new users get disgruntled (which I do not quite understand in the first
place), then, well, that's an acceptable price to pay.
As one of the more prolific editors[0], and someone who has commented
repeatedly on the phenomenon of uppity newbies, I feel quite
well-qualified to say: that's a load of bollocks, Adrian.
Being around for a long time, contributing, proving dedication to the
project, attaining Clue, all gain you a certain status. There is,
however, a difference between respecting old-timers and using that
respect as an obstacle against new-timers.
So Kamryn's a newbie (apparently). Heck, she may even be utterly
Clueless and someone who would innocently irk me several times a day if
the opportunity arose. So what?
Since when did treating her fairly stop being important?
[0] Well, only 9 000 edits. But given that I'm not a goldfarmer, I'm
sure my 9 000 required more hard work and dedication than many newer
editors' 40 000 did ...
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Mark Gallagher
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- P G Wodehouse, /Carry On, Jeeves/