[WikiEN-l] Block of a Notable Wikipedian

[David Gerard]

Philip Welch wrote:

>How come we're blaming her all of a sudden? We're the ones who
>screwed up. The predominant culture on Wikipedia is really good at
>pissing off good-faith contributors sometimes--I'm often loath to ask
>others to contribute because I know how they'll ultimately be treated.
>Here's someone who openly states on her page that she wants to help
>Wikipedia, but she wants the personal attacks against her removed
>before that happens. If you step back and look at it from her point
>of view, and not through the lens of the Wikipedia culture, is that
>really so unreasonable?


No, I just think the page makes her look worse that she should and
won't help matters. I'm also trying to bring DreamGuy to the party. If
we can get them to email each other directly without rancor ...

(cc to Elonka)


- d.