Richard Grevers wrote:
"But the plans have be available at the regional works office at Alpha Centauri
Exactly! So you Earthlings have no reason to complain that we destroyed your world to build a hyperspace bypass!
From The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy:
[Commander of the Vogon Constructor Fleet]: "There's no point in acting all surprised about it All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display in your local planning department on Alpha Centauri for fifty of your Earth years, so you've had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaint and it's far too late to start making a fuss about it now." ....
"What do you mean you've never been to Alpha Centauri? For heaven's sake mankind, it's only four light years away you know. I'm sorry, but if you can't be bothered to take an interest in local affairs that's your own lookout."
"Energize the demolition beams!"
Replace "Alpha Centauri" with "Wikipedia:Votes for deletion" and "demolition beams" with "deletion." The last thing we need is for our Admins to be perceived as Vogons who are "not actually evil, but bad tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous."
-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)
On Sunday 17 August 2003 18:30, Daniel Mayer wrote:
Replace "Alpha Centauri" with "Wikipedia:Votes for deletion" and "demolition beams" with "deletion." The last thing we need is for our Admins to be perceived as Vogons who are "not actually evil, but bad tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous."
This latest effort at increasing the amount of work one has to do to get anything useful done is just helping that perception along. Every time I turn around there's another largely political detail I have to be aware of, and it's doing anything but encourage me to contribute to Wikipedia.
I've had to put up with pointless procedures on volunteer projects before. I'm not about to do it again.
on 8/18/03 7:41 AM, Nicholas Knight at nknight@runawaynet.com wrote:
On Sunday 17 August 2003 18:30, Daniel Mayer wrote:
Replace "Alpha Centauri" with "Wikipedia:Votes for deletion" and "demolition beams" with "deletion." The last thing we need is for our Admins to be perceived as Vogons who are "not actually evil, but bad tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous."
This latest effort at increasing the amount of work one has to do to get anything useful done is just helping that perception along. Every time I turn around there's another largely political detail I have to be aware of, and it's doing anything but encourage me to contribute to Wikipedia.
I've had to put up with pointless procedures on volunteer projects before. I'm not about to do it again.
But its not pointless, careless and arbitrary deletions can lead to serious trouble with contributors who may very well "vote with their feet"
Fred Bauder