Is there NO end to this nonsense? For the last time, if The Cunctator read the talk pages and stopped taking thinks out of context, he would see the following:
1. Many people, Fred Bauder included, saw the text being added as unbalanced. He was repeatedly told that it was clearly POV AND even if it was NPOV it was being put on the wrong page. He ignored everyone and kept putting it into the text, ignoring the appeals of a list of people on the talkpage. It was removed by by a number of people because it was wrongly placed and, to quote Fred, "unbalanced". Fred was asked to move it to another more relevant page where it could be worked on by him and others to produce a properly balanced, properly analytical text.
2. As the talk page made clear, my primary concern was with the fact that kept putting the text on the wrong page. Others were more concerned with the context of the text.
3. I moved the text to a better page, where Fred and others were able to work on it without rows over its constant removal because it was then on the right page. That solution worked for everyone, including Fred, with the sole exception The Cunctator who ignored everyone else and kept trying to plonk it back on the wrong page.
The facts are straight forward. The issue is closed.
JT
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james duffy wrote:
Is there NO end to this nonsense?
There won't be as long as you keep trying to have the last word... :-)
The facts are straight forward. The issue is closed.
I read Cunc as commenting only on your histrionic style. In your first sentence that I quote above, you characterize his complaints as "nonsense". There are people and cultures for whom that alone is mortally offensive, and yet you toss it off as if you think everybody will just automatically agree with you.
Histrionics often work - many victims will yield a point in the hopes of getting it to stop - which is why some people get into the habit. ("It works, so why stop?") But it is a form of abusive behavior, and you shouldn't do it. Perhaps someday you'll find out that one of your targets is an 11-year-old girl trying her best, and you'll realize that you're simply being a bully.
Stan
I read Cunc as commenting only on your histrionic style. In your first sentence that I quote above, you characterize his complaints as "nonsense". There are people and cultures for whom that alone is mortally offensive, and yet you toss it off as if you think everybody will just automatically agree with you.
Yes the issue is often more one of attitude rather than substance. Really it comes down to respect. Dissing folks is hazardous.
Fred
On Fri, 2003-05-16 at 16:46, james duffy wrote:
Is there NO end to this nonsense? For the last time, if The Cunctator read the talk pages and stopped taking thinks out of context, he would see the following:
That must be my problem. I'm always taking thinks out of context.
Sorry about that.
Nonsensically, tc