lcrocker@nupedia.com writes:
Unfortunately, somehow my comment has been twisted... I am posting to Wikipedia-L simply to erase a distortion of my comments.
This would only be a problem if you thought we took anything Cunc says seriously. Since we know better, no harm done.
I'm continually baffled by the fact people keep replying to Cunc. There is nothing in his actions over the last month that distinguishes him in anyway from a good old fashioned Troll.
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Gareth Owen wrote:
I'm continually baffled by the fact people keep replying to Cunc. There is nothing in his actions over the last month that distinguishes him in anyway from a good old fashioned Troll.
He and I had a very nice private conversation not so long ago in which we both ended up apologizing sincerely for a quarrel we had about some things that were said in a debate on Wikipedia itself.
I think that the fundamental characteristic of a troll is that a troll deliberately tries to generate more heat than light, as an end in itself. I think that in the case of the Cunc, this isn't quite accurate. I think he's trying to generate light. He's just difficult and inflammatory.
--Jimbo
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