[WikiEN-l] Re: Wikipedia keeps us youthful!

[Daniel P. B. Smith]

> From: Skyring <skyring at gmail.com>
> On 8/15/05, Daniel P. B. Smith <dpbsmith at verizon.net> wrote
>> A common characteristic of [the early teens] 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.

How nice to think that Wikipedia keeps our minds youthful!

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