George Herbert <george.herbert(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Civility, or more properly abusive editors, is
not a petty problem. If I
had Jimbo's God-Emperor powers several existing WP users would be walked out
the door and invited to not come back, on the grounds that they are
persistently abusive and disruptive to other users. Even being a long time
positive contributor cannot overcome the damage done to the community and
other editors in particular when one problem abusive user persists. The
damage is both severe in the acute sense and insidious in the long term
community values sense.
on 2/5/09 6:44 PM, Jesse (Pathoschild) at pathoschild(a)gmail.com wrote:
I disagree that divine intervention is a solution, but
I agree with
the principle that a productive editor who cannot collaborate is not a
productive editor. Perhaps you and others can take a look at <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Collaboration_first >, and put
together a convincing essay to that effect.
Convincing the silent
majority to take a cohesive stance against such behaviour is one
possible solution.
Absolutely, Jesse. Confront it every time you encounter it. This may be the
most important - and most effective - solution to the problem. The remaining
problem is how to convince that silent majority that their silence is also a
part of the problem.
Marc