--- "Poor, Edmund W" Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com wrote:
Mav and others have told me that Helga's been a thorn in the project's side for a year. But I think the way you've responded has been inflammatory. No offense meant.
Instead of hitting her over the head verbally with phrases like "she's at it again" and "removed NPOV text" -- why not take a more low-key approach? It's working for me in the Arab-Israeli conflict articles:
Ed, people have spent many, many hours trying your "low key" approach. It hasn't worked. Some Wikipedians have spent most of their Wikipedia time following Helga around, trying to work with her, fix up her contributions and explain why in non-confrontational ways. People have left the project in frustration because of her.
It's a little frustrating to hear people implying that everyone has treated Helga harshly and unfairly.
*sigh* if only Larry were still here.
Larry's not a magic bullet. I respect Larry, and I think he deserves a lot of the credit for getting this project off the ground. He has, however, been less than diplomatic in certain past situations.
Come now, Ed. There's no need to wish for a knight in shining armour whenever we have a problem. ;-)
Stephen G.
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