[WikiEN-l] 172/VV

[Jack Lynch]

I feel strongly that nothing be done that will result in the loss of either of these valuable contributers. I do think what they did was wrong, and that there should be enforcement of guidelines against it, particularly regarding the general unfriendliness/lack of civility. Perhaps too much emphasis is placed on the number of reverts (almost all reversion is bad, IMO) and not enough on the unfriendly, anti-intellectual nature of the discourse. I sided with VV in the particular partially because he has consistantly been polite to me, and 172 distinctly negative and nasty, and partially because I had not seen any convincing evidence of the claim against the U.S. govt. It has been said by reliable persons (I don't feel 172 is reliable in regards to contentious issues, altho he does produce reliable content generally) here on the mailing list that there is good evidence showing that there was indeed US backing. If so there should be a citation in the article, and the matter done with. In short, citations should trump majority, and incivility is a bigger crime than reversion, but both need clear guidelines and inforcement. Cheers, Jack




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