Wonderful,
I have high expectations of your ability and willingness to solve these problems,
Please notify us of your success so we can celebrate.
Cheers,
Peter
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[mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Shlomi Fish
Sent: 03 July 2014 01:02 PM
To: Michael Maggs
Cc: Wikimedia Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] The tragedy of Commons
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_noticeboa
rd#Disputes_relating_to_URAA.2C_policy.2C_Israeli_images.2C_and_behavi
our
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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