Holy Schmoley - is that what's going on? Well that sort of thing needs to be
taken off-Wiki in general. It is never cool to inquire about someone's
mental health when examining behavior - especially if it's in the third
person. That's just plain wrong. A general discussion like this one is fine
to me, but characterizing another person's behavior in terms of their mental
health is just...well...
It reminds of some editors I worked with who would mock each other's English
- in really bad English.:)
Nina
On 1/11/07, Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)waterwiki.info> wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: Nina Stratton [mailto:ninaeliza@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 06:31 AM
To: 'English Wikipedia'
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Could we tone down the language a bit?
That's fine. However, all users should be treated with the same respect
and
courtesy. I think that's Fred's point.
I've also seen word salads coming
from users who are very passionate about what they want to get across but
have only a glancing knowledge of the English
language. Sometimes, they
change their subject in the middle of a sentence. One of my good friends
who
is schizophrenic is an amateur historian who would
be excellent on
Wikipedia. He's in recovery ([[Recovery model]] doesn't exist yet
either),
however. You make an excellent point about poorly
medicated/unmedicated
folks with psychiatric disabilities. It's a huge problem with the
[[Public
mental health system]].
Nina
When we block someone, or restrict their editing, the discussion needs to
be framed around behavior. This actually gives the person something to work
with, feedback. Maintaining that discipline is hard, and we all break it
from time to time, especially in private, but long discussions on the
Administrators noticeboard about apparent psychiatric problems are not good.
Most of us don't know what we're talking about, and those of us who do, know
better.
Fred
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