Well... I don't know about reading between the lines, but you seem to
not be able to read the lines. I criticized the attitude (with which
the issue is presented) in the general mailing list, not the relevance
of the issue itself.
I guess it's perfectly OK in the de.ws community to use this attitude,
since as was mentioned the view represents the community consensus.
But, at least in my book, it's not too smart to call a policy that
every other wikisource community is content with "Orwellian", "control
freak", "or so" in the general wikisource mailing list (read, among
others, by very people who you call control freaks) and expect helpful
feedback. And yes, such insults do not belong in the mailing list to
which users sign up with expectations of constructive discussions,
where respect toward others' opinions is a priory assumed, even if
strong disagreements persist. That's my definition of general.
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Cecil <cecilatwp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Well, your attitude isn't any better or do you
think we can't read between
the rows. Good to know that our issues are not for the ''general''
wikisource list. So we've learned at least that only general stuff belongs
to this list and our issues are not general. Would you please tell us your
definition of 'general'. Is it only everything that you consider acceptable,
everybody else is not welcome? Sorry, but shitty attitude.
Cecil
2009/10/29 teak <teak.wiki(a)gmail.com>
And I don't think the attitude of the de.ws spokespeople is very
helpful for their cause either. That's all my message was meant to
convey... but goodluck garnering helpful answers. I, for one, would
like to see this issue solved, so that this collective attitude of
"de.ws community consensus" can finally get off the lawn of the
general wikisource mailing list.
teak
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Klaus Graf <klausgraf(a)googlemail.com>
wrote:
2009/10/29 teak <teak.wiki(a)gmail.com>om>:
way to label those who do not agree with your
ideas...
There is a need for a law on comparisons to "Orwellian" these days, a
la Godwin's.
teak
I do not think that this answer is very helpful. You can substitute
"Orwellian" with "control freak" or so.
Joergens has written for the consensus of the German Wikisource
community.
Klaus Graf
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