On 29 Aug 2007 at 06:21:04 -0400, "Monahon, Peter B." Peter.Monahon@USPTO.GOV wrote:
Agreed. On http://www.mediawiki.org/ (the parent software wiki for Wikipedia) I objected to the http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_be_a_dick page which "officially" encourages all sorts of disrespect in the community. I get the attempt at humor. I just prefer humor that does not depend on ridicule and denigration, which I find unhealthy for the sender at least as well as unhealthy for the receiver of such disregard. Result? Banned. Ouch!
That seems a bit off-topic for the MediaWiki site, which is about the wiki software, and is entirely distinct from the Meta Wikimedia site (which is about Wikimedia projects in general). If you object to something on a meta.wikimedia.org page, you should object at meta.wikimedia.org, not at mediawiki.org.