[WikiEN-l] cancelation of the deletion review of the satanism userbox

[Jesse W]

On Jun 1, 2006, at 11:37 AM, George Herbert wrote:
> This is politics 101.  The way you have done this has brought the whole
> effort to delete all the religious userboxes (which I agree with in
> principle) into disrepute.
>
> Like it or not, the current WP structure is in large part a political 
> game,
> a large part of which is an engaged group of editors with less 
> experience
> (both in WP and in online activities).  Complaining that it has come 
> to that
> is one thing.  Acting in a manner which is antagonistic towards it is 
> folly.
> Worse than folly, it is counterproductive and disruptive.

Very well said.  I strongly agree.  Everyone, *please* - don't act in 
such a way as to harm the exact proposal you are trying to put in 
place.

Jesse Weinstein