On 5/29/07, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
I was feeling encyclopaedic but uncreative. I looked at recent changes, and came across [[Penny Dreadful Players]], moments before it got {{db-spam}}'ed. I think I rescued it.
This was a sample of one articles, with one bad result detected. Is it always like this?
Gee, talk about having "assume good faith" backfire. Here was the sequence of events:
1) User:PennyDreadfulPlayers shows up and writes an article about their group. 2) I remove some non-encyclopaedic elements (use of first person, some boasty claims like having experience "in every area of theatrical arts", cheesy stuff like "affectionately known as PDP". 3) Another user db-spams it, edit conflicting with me. 4) I remove the db-spam, leave them a note. They apologise. 5) I leave a note to U:PDP, thanking them for their contribution and explaining the changes I'd made, welcoming them to wikipedia. 6) U:PDP and another user re-appear, removing most of my changes, and turning it back into a myspace page, with "For more information, please visit [http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/pdp] or instant message us on AIM at pdplayeroffice ."
I must be really burnt out and jaded, but this pissed me off. Throw someone a lifeline, trust them not to do something stupid like actually justify a label of db-spam, and what do they do? Ignore your help and do their best to be obnoxious little facebookers.
Grr.
Steve
On 5/30/07, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
I must be really burnt out and jaded, but this pissed me off. Throw someone a lifeline, trust them not to do something stupid like actually justify a label of db-spam, and what do they do? Ignore your help and do their best to be obnoxious little facebookers.
Grr.
Steve
No you have every right to be pissed at jerks. You can claim to be jaded when you read AGF as "give them enough rope to hang themselves".
On 5/30/07, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/30/07, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
I must be really burnt out and jaded, but this pissed me off. Throw someone a lifeline, trust them not to do something stupid like actually justify a label of db-spam, and what do they do? Ignore your help and do their best to be obnoxious little facebookers.
Grr.
Steve
No you have every right to be pissed at jerks. You can claim to be jaded when you read AGF as "give them enough rope to hang themselves".
Shit, that means I was jaded before I even became an admin. When in doubt, I AGF so the other fellow will lose the moral high ground. :D
Johnleemk
- User:PennyDreadfulPlayers shows up and writes an article about their group.
- I remove some non-encyclopaedic elements (use of first person, some
boasty claims like having experience "in every area of theatrical arts", cheesy stuff like "affectionately known as PDP". 3) Another user db-spams it, edit conflicting with me. 4) I remove the db-spam, leave them a note. They apologise. 5) I leave a note to U:PDP, thanking them for their contribution and explaining the changes I'd made, welcoming them to wikipedia. 6) U:PDP and another user re-appear, removing most of my changes, and turning it back into a myspace page, with "For more information, please visit [http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/pdp] or instant message us on AIM at pdplayeroffice ."
I must be really burnt out and jaded, but this pissed me off. Throw someone a lifeline, trust them not to do something stupid like actually justify a label of db-spam, and what do they do? Ignore your help and do their best to be obnoxious little facebookers.
Not burnt out and jaded - just still partially sane. You would have to be completely mad not to get pissed off at that. You will become completely mad soon, don't worry.