[WikiEN-l] Re: issues

Mark Ryan ultrablue at gmail.com
Sun Jul 25 14:47:00 UTC 2004


What troubles me most is that people are fighting over trivial things.
If they are going to edit war, it should at least be a topic worth
arguing over.

~Mark

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:09:07 -0700, Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales
<jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
> Michael Snow wrote:
> > What's really appalling is that in many instances, not even the talk
> > page of the disputed article is being used. The only communication going
> > on is through edit summaries, and since those typically consist of "rv",
> > accusations of vandalism, snide remarks, or the pre-filled edit summary
> > from an admin using the rollback button, it's worse than useless.
> 
> I fully endorse this paragraph.
> 
> I'd rather see people fighting dirty on the talk pages than a revert
> war.  At least in a case like that, there is a glimmer of hope for
> communication.
> 
> But of course, I would rather see people not fighting dirty at all,
> but rather seeking to influence others through kindness, reason, and
> patience.
> 
> --Jimbo
> 
> 
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