--- Jimmy Wales <jwales(a)bomis.com> wrote:
(I confess: I don't understand what should go to
wikien-l and what
should go to wikipedia-l.)
Well, that's simple. Do you think wasps only enter the
main window leading to the english wikipedia, or do
you think the wasp may also enter that small remote
window on - say - the french wikipedia ?
Answer : monday evening, I painfully climbed the
ladder to close the window for the night, for a wasp
has entered through the window.
10 mn ago, I closed it again, and will favor keeping
it close now. Youssefsan suggested we also close the
curtains and not advertise the french wiki location
for the wasps not to come in big numbers.
If the wasp can enter only the main window in the
home, you post to the english list. If it appears the
wasp can enter through any open window, you post to
the main list...
ya ?
I'll take time to come back on the answers/comments
provided a couple of days ago this we...
But we must not kill the wasp
When a wasp is in the house, most people try to shoo
it out a window
with a newspaper. They open a window wide, and then
take a newspaper
or magazine and launch repeated attacks on the wasp
to try to convince
it to fly out the window. This is a frustrating and
usually
impossible procedure. It is contrary to the nature
of the wasp. It's
exhausting and usually ends in the death of the
wasp. I would imagine
that some people get stung in the process.
Buckminster Fuller found a better way, a way that
works with virtual
certainty, with comparatively little effort. Here's
what to do: close
the curtains and/or shades and/or blinds on all the
windows except the
open window. Turn off the light in the room. Make
the room as dark
as possible, except for the window where you wish
the wasp to go. The
wasp will fly out quickly and voluntarily.
There are lessons to be learned here. In the design
of proper traffic
systems, it's important to not fight against human
nature. Rather
than expecting and hoping people to behave properly
at huge
intersections, it's safer to build overpasses and
ramps.
In dealing with problem members, we should ask
ourselves: are we
shooing a wasp? Is there a better way?
--Jimbo
p.s. Through a quick web search, I have been unable
to confirm that this actually
should be attributed to Buckminster Fuller. But
that's how I heard it.
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