[WikiEN-l] Show and Tell

[tarquin]

Poor, Edmund W wrote:

> Sometimes the best approach to "uncooperative" people is to give them 
> a good example. That is, /show them/ what to do instead of /telling them./
>
> For example, user:Michael responded to Jimbo's and my policy comments 
> by wiping his page today. To me, this means he doesn't want to engage 
> in any dialogue. Should we ban him because he won't talk? No.
>
> I don't think refusing to dialogue is (or should be) a bannable 
> offense, and I've also heard people say that actions speak louder than 
> words, so I decided to rack up some wiki karma by following Michael 
> around a bit and /demonstrating how a stub can be fleshed out./
>
> uncle ed
>
> http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=S.C.I.E.N.C.E.&action=history 
> <http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=S.C.I.E.N.C.E.&action=history>
>
Michael isn't in that article history.
I don't think it'll work -- but I'm a bitter young cynic.
I'm prepared to be proved wrong. :-)