[WikiEN-l] Personal attacks and low EQs

[Fred Bauder]

We could add some examples to [[Wikipedia:No personal attacks]]. We  
had a big talk here about "moron." If you want trouble with someone  
who is little slow, just call em a moron and see what it gets you.  
Nazi is a little easier case, but we still have Wikipedia users who  
think they can throw the word around and make it stick, see for  
example the current Arbitration case  
[[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Mlorrey/ 
Proposed_decision#Advocacy_by_Mlorrey]]. Hypocrite is a bit more  
difficult -- how do you say nicely that an editor is applying one  
standard to himself and another to others. I guess you have to spell  
out the behavior, giving examples. Maybe some talk about how to do  
that on Wikipedia:No personal attacks, about adequately communicating  
about what is bothering you rather than resorting to invidious labels.

Fred

On Jul 2, 2005, at 5:23 AM, MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:

> We could start by banning words like "hypocrite", "moron" and "nazi"
> when describing other wikipedians (regardless of how true these could
> be as Timwi said). It's the loaded words that make up a majority of
> personal attacks.
>
> --Mgm