From: daniwo59@aol.com Subject: [WikiEN-l] 3RR and gaming the system
The problem begins when focus solely on 3RR, disregarding our real goals.
People are gaming these rules. While I would like to believe that most people have the good of Wikipedia at heart, the fact is that it is downright
impossible, given the size of Wikipedia, to follow all the arguments, follow
all
the reverts, and step in when necessary.
I don't get it. I truly don't get it. I'm not an old-timer, but I've been on Wikipedia for mumble months and have made mumble thousand edits, and not once have I ever come close to encountering the 3RR.
It seems to me that the 3RR is sort of like driving 74 mph on a rutted dirt road, where the posted speed limit is 65, and most people drive 15. And then complaining when you get ticketed, because you think the cop should have allowed an extra 10 mph. (For people who don't live in U. S., Myanmar, or Liberia: read 120, 105, 25, and 16 kph respectively).
I mean, why should the 3RR inconvenience _anyone_ with _any_ sense?
And if for some currently-incomprehensible-to-me reason someone does get caught by it, what's so darn terrible about taking 24 hours off from Wikipedia?
(Please do not take this as a challenge to see whether it's possible to goad me into make three reverts...)
From: "dpbsmith@verizon.net" dpbsmith@verizon.net
I don't get it. I truly don't get it. I'm not an old-timer, but I've been on Wikipedia for mumble months and have made mumble thousand edits, and not once have I ever come close to encountering the 3RR.
I suspect you might not be editing in the more heated areas of Wikipedia. I could be wrong, of course.
Jay.
Do [[Human]], [[Mormonism and Christianity]], and [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] count? Heat is relative. And from my experience, it only takes the presence of one cool head to set the tone. I can't understand why, even in the presence of the biggest POV pusher, the group wouldn't hold peace-making to be more important than reverting the article to it's "pristine" condition.
What good is ever accomplished by turning a POV pusher into an outright enemy? I would prefer to show him how to negotiate.
I may leave a few articles in a state of disarray longer than some editors, but I think the long term result is worth it.
Tom Haws "And [the angel] said unto me: Knowest thou the condescension of God? And I said unto him: I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things."
JAY JG wrote:
From: "dpbsmith@verizon.net" dpbsmith@verizon.net
I don't get it. I truly don't get it. I'm not an old-timer, but I've been on Wikipedia for mumble months and have made mumble thousand edits, and not once have I ever come close to encountering the 3RR.
I suspect you might not be editing in the more heated areas of Wikipedia. I could be wrong, of course.
Jay.
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