[WikiEN-l] Re: No answer, great question

[Skyring]

On 8/15/05, Daniel P. B. Smith <dpbsmith at verizon.net> wrote:
 
> A common characteristic of that age is a total inability to let
> things go and not sweat the small stuff. Every tiny rejection is
> fought tooth and nail, not for personal reasons of course, but
> because of The Principle Of The Thing.
> 
> I am sure that if I personally were fourteen years old right now I
> would a) be contributing to Wikipedia and b) would be one of those
> "brittle" and problematic users.

You know, this is pretty much the feeling I got when I had my first
experience of Wikiconflict. The other guy came across as an
opinionated teenager.

I was amused to find that he'd had the same perception of me.

-- 
Pete, middle-aged in Canberra