Hi Michael,
On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:16:58 +0100
Michael Maggs <Michael(a)maggs.name> wrote:
Anyone with even a passing familiarity with the notice
boards on Commons, or
who is subscribed to this mailing list, will be aware of a huge, wide-ranging
and unfocused set of disputes and ill-natured arguments that have been raging
for several months. The disputes are becoming more and more intemperate, and
the positions of some editors more and more entrenched. While a few
contributors have tried hard to pull the community back to constructive
discussion and have made sensible suggestions, their comments have been
drowned out in the noise.
We need to stop now and focus not on stating a re-stating positions, but on
making definite and constructive proposals for ways in which these issues can
be fixed. The discussion on this list has been non-productive for some time,
and I suggest that editors should drop discussion there and should focus
attention on the discussion on Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Di…
Michael.
here's a piece of advice. After I ran into this article on wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_effect
and the corresponding "Golem effect", it changed my life for the better.
Reading from it:
[ QUOTE ]
The Pygmalion effect, or Rosenthal effect, is the phenomenon whereby the
greater the expectation placed upon people, the better they perform.[1] The
effect is named after the Greek myth of Pygmalion.
A corollary of the Pygmalion effect is the golem effect, in which low
expectations lead to a decrease in performance.[1] The Pygmalion effect and the
golem effect are forms of self-fulfilling prophecy. People will take the belief
they have of themselves and attribute traits of the belief with themselves and
their work. This will lead them to perform closer to these expectations that
they set for themselves. Within sociology, the effect is often cited with
regard to education and social class.
[ / QUOTE ]
After reading this, I decided that I will have high expectations of
improvement from *anyone* and any community, and will practise it. So maybe
some people should try to apply it in this case as well.
Also see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Heaven_%28film%29 .
Best regards,
Shlomi Fish
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