[WikiEN-l] Re: RickK ?????

[Mark Richards]

Let's not feed the trolls, the accusations speak for
themselves, and I don't think that there is much
danger of your reputation being tarnished by the diffs
preseneted.
Mark

--- Rick <giantsrick13 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> So what is your opinion of a newbie running to the
> mailing list and tattling for every thing I do, even
> when I explain to him what my reasons were and he
> doesn't come back with another discussion, but
> instead institues an RfC on me after supposedly
> having been around for maybe three or four days? 
> Sounds like somebody who knows his way around
> Wikipedia a little too well for a newbie.
>  
> RickK
> 
> Jens Ropers <ropers at ropersonline.com> wrote:
> 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 at 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
> 
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