Alphax (Wikipedia email) wrote:
And I don't recall him *ever* flaming people on this mailing list; but that hasn't stopped people from attacking *him*, and to be honest, he deserves better.
If you'd like to be reminded, here's an exchange I had in mind, from December 16, 2005:
1. Jimbo says that he thinks anyone who saw the Seigenthaler article should've seen that the mistakes were "blatantly obvious" and "transparently outlandish".
2. Anthony DiPierro replies that they were not obvious to him.
3. Jimbo replies: "Anthony, I'm not normally one to state harsh opinions. But frankly, if you don't find those errors to be blindingly obvious, you need to find another hobby. Writing an encyclopedia is quite frankly beyond you."
Note that several other of us had also expressed agreement with Anthony's point in #2, so Jimbo explicitly and publicly flamed a handful of dedicated and long-time Wikipedia contributors.
-Mark