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(a)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