[WikiEN-l] Cruft

[John Lee]

Kelly Martin wrote:

>On 5/2/06, Joe Anderson <computerjoe.mailinglist at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>>I accept that some may see it as uncivil, but I for one do not.
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>In my opinion calling content contributed in good faith by our valued
>contributors "cruft" is incivil.  It sends the clear message that
>their contributions, and by extension themselves, are valueless.  Why
>can't you just say "Not suitable for inclusion in the encyclopedia due
>to limited scope of interest"?
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>Kelly
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What if what Joe took "cruft" to mean what you just said? After all, 
isn't that what it *does* mean? Why the stigmatism?

John