[Commons-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Friendliness

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Uh-huh.


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lars Aronsson" <lars at aronsson.se>
To: "Wikimedia Commons Discussion List" <commons-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Friendliness


> On February 22, this Commons welcome greeting was forwarded:
>
>> *Please categorize our images !!!*
>> You already have been asked by a bot to categorize your images. Therefore 
>> I
>> don't understand why you keep on uploading images without categories.
>> Uploading images without categorizing them doesn't make sense. Only
>> categorized images can be found!
>
> This was written (on July 4, 2010) in English by a German.
> In my opinion, we should let Germans write software but
> not welcome greetings, at least not in English. All of
> the worst cases I have seen on Commons have been rude
> English messages written by Germans.
>
> This kind of mastering, "I shall teach you" tone is
> not uncommon on the German Wikipedia. When these Germans
> come to Commons, they bring the tone and just translate
> the words. The result can be disasterous. In the worst
> cases, it is magnified through a less then perfect
> mastering of English.
>
> In this case, the same user continues to this day,
> with lots of '''boldface''' and exclamation marks:
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Dezidor&diff=prev&oldid=50840295
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:CostaPPPR&diff=prev&oldid=50827139
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Obenhausener&diff=prev&oldid=49653412
>
> Of course, most Germans are civilian. It's just that
> those who aren't, aren't corrected. Civility is
> treated just as any random personal property, like
> hair colour, and is not seen as an obligation.
>
> Maybe Wikimedia Deutschland can organize a course
> in writing in a civil manner in English. That would be a
> real service to the community.
>
>
> -- 
>   Lars Aronsson (lars at aronsson.se)
>   Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se
>
>
>
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