[WikiEN-l] the term 'USER'

[Toby Bartels]

The Cunctator wrote in part:

>"user" connotes a producer-consumer relationship.

>Whereas "editor" connotes stewardship, power, collaboration.

This may be the source of the conflict between the two groups.
Because to me, "user" has no such unempowered connotation.
As a user (not sysadmin) of the Unix system here at school,
I expect (and get) input into how the system is run
(requesting installations, reporting problems, etc --
and yes, even fixing things myself when I know how).


-- Toby