[WikiEN-l] Things about admins

[Timwi]

Jesse W wrote:
> 
> You prompted me to do some research - I looked at RC for the last few  
> minutes, in the User_talk namespace, and clicked on various IPs talk  
> pages to see what was on them.  Here are my results:
[.......]
> At least to me, "Take a look at the [[Wikipedia:Welcome,  
> newcomers|welcome page]] if you would like to learn more about  
> contributing.", " If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept  
> my humble creator's apologies", and "See the [[Wikipedia:Welcome,  
> newcomers|welcome page]] to learn more.  Thanks." do not seem like  
> assuming that new users are all bent on destroying Wikipedia.

Yep -- well selected. Now let *me* do *my* selections from *your* 
samples (I've replaced boldface with capitals):

> unconstructive edits are considered vandalism, and if you continue in
> this manner you may be BLOCKED FROM EDITING WITHOUT FURTHER WARNING.

> Please stop, and consider improving rather than damaging the work of
> others.

> Your recent edit [...] was reverted by a BOT that attempts to
> recognize and repair vandalism.

> Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of
> external links.

Do these sound inviting or welcoming to you? To me, all of those sound 
excessively hostile and suggestive of accusations.

> And as for linking to [[WP:XYZ]] - none of the above messages use any  
> of the WP:WP shortcuts

Take a look at AfD if you're looking for those.

Timwi