On 28 Aug 2004, at 06:21, wikien-l-request@Wikipedia.org wrote:
Message: 2 Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:34:16 -0700 From: Michael Snow wikipedia@earthlink.net Subject: [WikiEN-l] Re: Anent Dartmouth, Again
Jens Ropers wrote:
I guess I've learned that this ideal of pluralism, tolerance, & mutual respect isn't even that strongly held within the Wikipedia community.
Geoff
Quite to the contrary, it absolutely is. What makes you think otherwise?
Maybe the constant lecturing and rather hostile attitudes proceeding forth from both sides of this debate?
Admittedly I'm not perfect and whether someone feels attacked or lectured to depends on a message's recipient as well. However, I do feel that I did not lecture but plead and also feel that I did not engage in hostile behaviour.
Fortunately, although these flare-ups are regrettably common, they also gradually fade away. Hopefully with a little time for reflection, and after we all resume a calmer mode of discussion, Geoff will find that the ideals he cherishes are still alive and well.
--Michael Snow
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