[WikiEN-l] DW back as Joe Canuck

[james duffy]

>on the isue of Joe Canuck possibly being DW, Daniel Ehrenberg wrote,  I'll 
>go talk to him.

To Dan's message, which read
Hi, Joe. I've realised that you seem to be threatening people with lawsuits 
at least twice, and I wonder why you're doing it. While I understand you're 
a lawyer,  I don't think you'll get very far on Wikipedia threatening 
people. Since you're threatening them, some people think you're an other 
user who has since been banned from Wikipedia, named DW, but I know that's 
not true. But if you lighten up on the threats, I think they will stop with 
these false accusations. LittleDan 18:39 16 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Joe Canuck replied
Re your comment: I never have, and never do, under any circumstances, make 
threats to anybody. Please retract your false accusation. Nor have I ever 
said I am a lawyer, sanitation worker, truck driver, horse manure hauler, or 
any other occupation. In fact, I go about my business making worthwhile, 
detailed, accurate, valuable and needed contributions to Wikipedia, in my 
humble opinion. But, if my work is not EXACTLY what Wikipedia is all about 
(and there are those who play without really contributing anything here), 
then please advise and I will leave immediately. Note, I never bother 
anybody, ever. I only respond when I am targeted for discriminatory action. 
Are you suggesting that discrimination is an acceptable policy at Wikipedia 
and that anyone being discriminated against should shut up?  Joe Canuck 
18:54 16 Jun 2003 (UTC)

DW is on many ways an excellent contributor. It is a pity that his response 
to users is bullying threatening language. We all on occasion use strong 
language in edit wars, etc (I know I have done so) but DW in the past and 
Joe Canuck in the present seems to write nothing but accusations, ''how dare 
you?'' comments, and bullying hints at recourse to law, etc. I think Jimbo 
should have a word with him. No matter how polite someone is in talking to 
him, his response is to verbally abuse them. Such contact should take place 
straight away. The more articles he contributes, the more likely people are 
to contact him about things and the more likely he is to spew bile back at 
them. This needs to be stopped at the very start before it becomes a major 
problem and drives away good users. That is particularly so when one 
considers that there are users on wiki who are quite young or are retired 
people who are doing their best to contribute in a non-aggressive manner and 
risk getting verbal bollockings from Canuck and being intimidated by him if 
they simply ask him a question.
JT

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