[WikiEN-l] Sysop Status - CatherineMunro

[Anthere]

--- Catherine Munro <artslave at usa.net> wrote:
> At 11:26 PM 5/13/2003 -0700, you wrote:
> >I hardly dare to ask, I have been sorry so many
> times
> >because of misleading pseudos...
> >Are you really a woman ? (if this question is not
> >considered too personal ?)
> 
> LOL --  yes, I'm really a woman, and yes, this is
> even my real name.  My 
> user page lists me as "mother / artist / programmer
> / role-playing gamer", 
> and that's all for real too -- 


Yo !!!!

You would not speak french by chance, no ?
If so, come over there, we need you (ok, I admit, I
need you, but in time, the others might discover they
need you too :-)))


I have a wonderful
> son and daughter that I 
> hope will have fun using and contributing to
> Wikipedia someday.  My 
> three-year-old son is already so used to interactive
> websites and DVDs that 
> he gets frustrated just WATCHING a movie -- he wants
> to be able to click 
> something, change something, make things happen!

Just the same. The kids knew how to handle a mouse
before they knew how to speak. We don't even have TV
so the computer availability is a permanent fight. My
son was very sad when I gave up Age of Empire for
Wikipedia. He says it is definitly less fun. With luck
he will change his mind later when the times come to
educate himself on female anatomy. I must admit I have
thought many times leaving him the room to edit an
article on his own. If only for free vandalism :-)
 
> Perhaps that's the nature 
> of three-year-olds and short attention spans, but I
> think it's good that he 
> doesn't just want a passive experience.  It's part
> of the reason that I've 
> become addicted to Wikipedia too.  I can't tell you
> how many other 
> error-laden websites I've visited that actually had
> me reaching for the 
> mouse to go click that "Edit This Page" link.....

wikipediholic, yes I know
I put some [[]] everywhere in my dreams
big issue
 
> I've occasionally wondered if it's been wise to use
> my real name as my 
> username, given how easily unpleasantness can arise
> at Wikipedia and 
> argumentative trolls can cause trouble for real
> people, but if people like 
> Brion Vibber can do so, I suppose I can too.  Just
> for my own curiosity, 
> would it be possible to change my username without
> creating a new account, 
> and retain my watchlist etc.?

When I have some doubts from time to time, I google my
pseudo, and then I have no more doubts...even though
it is a real word. Did you try ?
 
> Overall, I've been pleased with the interactions
> I've had here ... we're 
> all an expert in something.  I've had a few brief
> confusions with other 
> editors over British/American usage and a mistaken
> copyright issue, but 
> they were both settled swiftly and with courtesy

Sure. There are so many rules and guidelines no one
can be expected to know all of them.
Hum... I do not know even half of them I guess :-)
But there is always someone to remind me
That also comes that the french rules or different
from the english rules, that does not help
but that is more fun :-)

> I just wanted to add my 
> two cents that the WikiLove really does outweigh the
> negativity in my 
> experience -- we just don't talk about it nearly as
> much.

That's a men world perhaps ? They don't have it so
easy to fall in sentimentalism.

> >You may follow other more gentle ways to help with
> >very annoying users, rather than just "banning"
> them
> >by a crude block.
> >
> >I highly recommand reading the inspiring
> >
> >http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bans
> >
> >http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bans_and_blocks
> >
> >and http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikipediAhimsa
> >
> >and to lay out any thoughts there
> 
> Thank you very much for the links, Anthere -- I
> haven't browsed the Meta 
> much, because I'm much more interested in real work
> than 
> meta-work.  ;)   But that gives me a better idea of
> the community's 
> previous thoughts on the issue.
> 
> Cheers,
> Catherine 

please do browse it Cat (may I ?)

But, please be aware that among these three links
- one is older, but permanently relevant
- The other ones are not "previous thoughts", they are
"current thoughts". I hope they inspire coming policy
(by coming, I mean in somehow...2 mn ?)

Meta is not *only* repository of old stuff. Don't be
fooled by the fact some move their old stuff and
irrelevant to wikipedia stuff.

Pleased to meet you, and my best to the sweet little
ones future readers and contributors

My youngest is 5 years today. I have a chocolate cake
with a spider on it (request) to make :-)

Ant

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