Was reading around and following a link to the German Wikipedia, where they have this policy:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sei_grausam
This translates roughly as "Wikipedia: Be cruel".
The Google translation is hilarious, but the gist comes through:
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://de.wiki...
Larry Sanger's quote is horribly mangled in translation back to English, though.
Is there anything like this page on the English Wikipedia?
Carcharoth
That isn't a policy. This is the list of the German Wikipedia policies.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Richtlinien
Their structure is different; this is roughly on the level of Wikipedia:Assume no clue.
-Durova
On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Charles Matthews < charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com> wrote:
Carcharoth wrote:
Is there anything like this page on the English Wikipedia?
Apparently WP:SO TOUGH has yet to be created.
Charles
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Carcharoth wrote:
Was reading around and following a link to the German Wikipedia, where they have this policy:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sei_grausam
This translates roughly as "Wikipedia: Be cruel".
Is there anything like this page on the English Wikipedia?
I wrote Wikipedia:Throwing in the towel a while back that has some similarities, but could probably be extended better. I think knowing when to quit is an important part of consensus building.
On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Carcharoth carcharothwp@googlemail.com wrote:
The Google translation is hilarious, but the gist comes through:
Hmm, "Assume good intentions" seems so much clearer than "assume good faith".
Steve
With all due respect to my friends in de.wp and speaking purely as a community member, there are some valid points in the essay, but a page title like "Be cruel" is IMO inherently unhelpful to our objective to be a friendly and welcoming community.
Erik
Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
With all due respect to my friends in de.wp and speaking purely as a community member, there are some valid points in the essay, but a page title like "Be cruel" is IMO inherently unhelpful to our objective to be a friendly and welcoming community.
So, warum ist es noch da?
-Stevertigo