Trolls seek to fire up people on some ruse, to get them to overreact and make complete asses of themselves in public.
I don't know if Ed is a troll (and I'm not saying he is; it seems progressively unlikely to me that he is).
Lemme however assume for a sec that RIck is right and that Ed is a troll: What Rick is doing is STILL remarkably unwise, because he's getting EXACTLY where a troll would want him to be. Besides, insulting (ie. wronging) a perceived or actual bad guy doesn't improve anything or anybody.
Now assuming that Ed is not a troll: What Rick is doing is de-test-a-ble, because Rick is Assuming Bad Faith. No matter how strongly Rick may believe in his assessment of Ed: Strength of conviction is no substitute for sensible reasoning and due process.
As a Wikipedian (even as a pretty dormant one), I expressly disapprove of this.
-- ropers [[en:User:Ropers]] www.ropersonline.com
On 28 Nov 2004, at 21:41, Rick wrote:
Go find something worthwhile to do. You are a pest. Like a gnat or a yappy little dog.
RickK
R E Broadley 20041111@stardate.freeserve.co.uk wrote: Rebecca,
I apologise for misrepresenting your post by not including the topic title. It was not my intention to misrepresent it, and if this was an honest mistake by RickK, than I apologise to RickK also. It might not be reckless editing, but I still consider it to be editing without due care and attention, of which I've spotted a lot of these from him recently. If it were driving, he'd have lost his license by now.
Ed