Various topics - not page count (My responses with >>>)
SYSOP:JIM: But there is a side-effect that isn't good, i.e. the notion of sysops having special authority over non-sysop users.
I wouldnt worry too much about accusations of "tyrrany" - alot of these
come from the antagonist-anarchisticts.. who operate under their own assumptions about how the world and everything in it should or shouldnt work.
SYSOP: ED: (Danny?)I would also oppose giving out random sysop to everyone who posts here. Our most recently banned contributor, Clutch, was also a frequent poster on this list. Would that have made him a sysop too?
First of all, I think we need to have summaries written up as 'case
histories' for each user banned, written NPOV... so LIR's page would not be summed up by Zoe, for example, or anyone else who had animosities with.. Second, Clutch got out of hand, But then, once again so do others.. It was I who in large part suggested taking some action... and immediately after an edit war with me, he was banned.. I cant help but think that his political persuasions didnt help him any. His crime was nothing more than getting frustrated, and using increasingly POV language in articles...out of frustration with equally POV people.
IE:JIM: Generally, yes, but in terms of the actual details, he could probably use some help figuring out exactly what the license requires. I think it's sort of complicated.
Not to mention its overall purpose: Does it attract or detract from
Wikipedia?
IE:FRED: Will it fail? I certainly hope it is only a modest success, not sure I could afford a big success like Wikipedia.
Maybe.
PWS:JIM:"Segregation" implies a lot, in American English. It's not a very friendly word to use in a context like this.
Yeah, I used it.. And I did it not to stir up bees. I noticed there has
been no answer to my assertion that pressures on Susan, based on accusations of racism, were misplaced.
IMAGE USE:JIM: This is just wrong. I strongly encourage people not to follow this kind of advice here. What kind of permission is asked? The only acceptable permission for us is quite strong: the image needs to be released under the GNU FDL, or under some compatible conditions.
Understood. I guess this just means, WP will be light on images... a
better safe than sorry policy then?
SUSAN:TONY:pleaded to have Vera Cruz banned. She was driving me and a whole stack of other people absolutely crazy. But Susan Mason is doing OK. It's still early days and she's looked at that invisible line a couple of times, but not crossed it.
Very well said. And s a general rule; My degree of pissed doesnt
necessarily correlate with their degree of offense.
KANJI:JIM:The argument that people should learn Kanji at a young age is basically irrelevant in this context, since I've seen your Kanji, I know what they link to, but I have no idea what the Kanji themselves are.(1) ..... I for one would not. If I were writing in the Japanese wikipedia, I would write my name in katakana, (2) as a gesture of professionalism, kindness, and respect. But this is all pretty irrelevant, isn't it? (4.) Stevertigo is not doing this to preserve the traditions of his parents, but to be cutesy.
- accustomization. 2. Well thats you. 3. Its not worth even discussing.
4.) . cutesy? Hmm. I dont think exporing a 3000 year-old system of ideographs, and sharing this exploration in some small way with the community, however inconvenient, is "cutesy." As for heritage, what human heritage is not mine?