[WikiEN-l] Sorry about the inappropriate lecture

[Poor, Edmund W]

Oops!

I just noticed that the "Daniel" whom I was lecturing was Daniel Mayer, aka Maveric -- not Daniel Ehrenberg (LittleDan).

Thus the condescending tone of my message seems doubly out of place.

Apologies all around :-(

Contritely,

Ed Poor

	 -----Original Message-----
	From: 	Poor, Edmund W.  
	Sent:	Monday, March 31, 2003 8:58 AM
	To:	'wikien-l at wikipedia.org'
	Subject:	Writing about Saddam (was: Be on the lookout, 172 is back)

	Hey, Daniel, I hate to throw it back in your face, but...

	Around here, the usual policy is:
	1. If you see a problem, fix it.
	2. If you can't fix it by yourself, ask for help.

	I think you are capable of:

	* attributing controversial statements to their adherents
	* mentioning that So-and-so has called Saddam's policies "oppressive"
	* mentioning that Whosis believes that Saddam has "terrorized" his own people
	* reporting on the extent to which speaking out against him has gotten people killed
	* writing (or linking to) an article about Saddam's use of chemical weapons against the Iranians and Kurds 
	* writing (or linking to) an article about uprisings following the first Gulf War, and the outcome of those uprisings, e.g., Joe StraightArrow said "Saddam brutally crushed the uprising in al-Giraffe, killing N thousand unarmed civilians" or whatever.

	This might seem like a lot of work to you, but remember that you asked to become a sysop. People expect more!

	Ed Poor

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