[Foundation-l] Analysis of statistics

[Mark Williamson]

I'm glad it was enjoyable for you also :-)

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On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:44 AM, John at Darkstar<vacuum at jeb.no> wrote:
> The most enjoyable dialogue this morning.
> Keep up the good work to both of you!
> John =D
>
> Mark Williamson wrote:
>> Ray, I appreciate your honesty. I'll agree with you that I was not a
>> very pleasant presence on the ML. Reading archives from, say, 2005
>> makes me cringe. I'm glad that people were not as heavy-handed as they
>> could (should?) have been in dealing with me at the time. I learned a
>> great deal about people from this community although I think the bulk
>> of the "growing up" I've done (so far!) had to be done In Real Life. I
>> did definitely learn some lasting lessons though and I'm sure I
>> wouldn't be who I am today without WM although I'm not so active
>> anymore.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> skype: node.ue
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Ray Saintonge<saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
>>> Mark Williamson wrote:
>>>> This is precisely one of the problems that is holding us back.
>>>>
>>>> Individual prejudices against younger individuals may have scared
>>>> younger users away from the project.
>>>>
>>>> All in all, I feel that we should basically treat all users the same,
>>>> regardless of age. If a 15 year old makes good contributions to an
>>>> article on particle physics but they need a little fixing up, it
>>>> should be treated the same way as if a 30 year old made the same
>>>> contribution - fix it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> When I first encountered you you showed a great capacity to be a pain in
>>> the ass.  You shared that ability with a few others who were already
>>> well passed their teen years.  Your tenacity through all this has been
>>> commendable, and your continuing presence has had a mellowing effect on
>>> you.  At Wikimania-Frankfurt you were one of the two people that I most
>>> regretted not having the chance to meet.
>>>
>>> Ec
>>>
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