[WikiEN-l] Re: Yes, it is a lynch mob
Anthere
anthere9 at yahoo.com
Tue Jun 8 18:52:57 UTC 2004
May I asked why no one is considering mediation ?
I think it was meant to help these types of cases ?
Actually, I even think at least "discussing" mediation possibility was a
mandatory step in dispute resolution ?
Abe Sokolov wrote:
> Edmund.W.Poor at abc.com wrote:
>
> "I don't want blood. I want peace."
>
> Heh, assuming that you're being honest here, you're not doing a good job.
>
> Saying such frivolous niceties may allow you to get away with a lot, but
> this is all about imposing your POV and nothing else.
>
> Either I was going to keep restoring this reference to U.S. backing of
> the '73 coup in Chile or VeryVerily, and to a lesser extent you, were
> going to keep censoring factual content (despite the fact that an
> overwhelming majority of uses who've chimed in on the talk page--
> roughly 90%-- favor keeping it).
>
> Not only did you unprotect the Pinochet article and remove the reference
> to U.S. backing immediately after I'd stopped making contributions, you
> neglected to mention that the edit war continued even with me gone.
>
> After my exit, your unprotection of the article, and your revision of
> the article, User:John Kenney restored the refernece to U.S. backing; VV
> then reverted him without comment right away. Later, a different user
> restored it-- this time Ruhrjung-- reinserted it; and, once agian, VV
> again reverted him unceremoniously, making no comment other than "stop"
> in the edit summary.
>
> I'm getting loudly and roundly condemned for "edit warring." But the
> only difference between Ruhrjung/John and me was that whereas they'd
> given up after one attempt, I was equally persistent as you and VV.
> That's why you want me banned-- for being just as committed to fighting
> censorship as you and VV were committed to censorship. Perhaps Ruhrjung,
> John, and many others were wise to give up. After all, had they stood up
> to you and your cohorts, they too would've been run out of town.
>
> Oh, you and VV are sure going to have fun rewriting history with me gone.
>
> -172
>
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