I suppose the thing that surprises me about this is the fact that people tag work without taking a look at who the author is. Sure, if you see something brand new by an anon or by a redlinked name, you may want to take a careful look at it. If, on the other hand, you see something by Sean, you take for granted that established contributors tend not to write "selfref neologisms". If you see something like that from someone like Sean (or like Dunc, which was what sparked a mess a few months ago) you give them the benefit of the doubt - bookmark the page, maybe add it to your "to do" list - but don't afd it. To be honest, if you see something brand new by a new author you give them a chance to clean it up as well. Shooting first and asking questions later is bound to only cause bad blood. In Sean's case, it isn't going to drive him away, but a new editor could easily be driven off.
Ian
On 2/10/06, Stan Shebs shebs@apple.com wrote:
Sean Barrett wrote:
Answer Two: Yes, I left a note on his talk page, and he replied on mine.
How come you didn't use your Staff of Arbcom to turn him into a tiny little pile of ashes? 1/2 :-) We've got way too many noobs running around pretending to be knowledgeable, and there seems to be no incentive for them to learn.
Stan
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