[Foundation-l] How far off-topic can a thread go Was: Has Wikipedia changed since 2005?

[Birgitte SB]

Obviously the original e-mail belonged on wiki-en-l and was off-topic for foundation-l.  But I can't understand why so many different people think it is a good idea to respond to off-topic posts in kind.  Please stop participating in the off-topic contests.

Birgitte SB

--- On Tue, 9/14/10, Phil Nash <phnash at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> From: Phil Nash <phnash at blueyonder.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Has Wikipedia changed since 2005?
> To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 6:44 PM
> Ryan Kaldari wrote:
> > I thought you were awarding the post a score of 0 :)
> 
> It would be all too cheap a jibe to attribute to a
> self-proclaimed 
> philosopher an ignorance of scientific method and assert
> that blind adoption 
> of the continuity principle is contrary to that method;
> however, it is fair 
> to say that his interests largely lie in medieval
> philosophy and may not 
> reach as far as the works of Karl Popper, let alone the
> Renaissance.
> 
> So I will not level that accusation. 
> 
> 
> 
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