At 16:47 25/01/2003 -0800, you wrote: Yes, I'm afraid things have got to the stage where I simply don't edit DW's contributions for fear of getting into a big and stupid and pointless argument with him (I really commend Zoe for taking him on, because it's a completely unenviable task). He writes some pretty good biographies (although they are *pure* biography - he'll tell you where a poet studied and what she had for breakfast in 1917, but won't tell you much about her poems), but I tend to think that he's more trouble than he's worth. I've completely lost my rag with him a couple of times, which I'm not proud of, but he does have this tremendous knack of getting up people's noses. I'm not saying we should ban him, but it would be nice if somebody who doesn't hate him as much as I do and who maybe hasn't had dealings with him before could have a go at asking him to be polite, consider that the 'pedia is a work in progress, that he doesn't "own" the pages he writes, and that sort of thing. I'm really worried that he's going to drive new users away (and maybe some old ones as well). Good luck to anybody who tries to talk to him. lp (camembert) WikiKarma: [[Frank Stella]] (a couple of days old, but I've been really busy in the real world)

Jimbo, care to play benevolent dictator once again? (Of course, DW explicitly suggests a vote ;-) Regards, Erik around to the articles -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr für 1 ct/ Min. surfen!

I don't really login much on the weekends, but on Monday I'll try to resolve this. All I can say is, DW needs to not be so hostile by a factor of 100. Zoe wrote: