[WikiEN-l] Cruft

[Alphax (Wikipedia email)]

Joe Anderson wrote:
> On 5/2/06, Bryan Derksen <bryan.derksen at shaw.ca> wrote:
>> Joe Anderson wrote:
>>> I'm trying to simply ask for opinions as to whether or not calling
>> something
>>> cruft is uncivil. I'm sure the majority of AfDers would agree with me,
>>> though I'm sure many editors would disagree.
>>>
>> I consider "-cruft" to be highly uncivil and IMO it also tends to be a
>> good indicator that whoever's using the term doesn't have a strong
>> argument to support his case for deletion beyond a personal lack of
>> interest in the subject matter. I'm not an AfDer, though, and I suspect
>> this philosophy is one of the reasons _why_ I'm not.
>>
> As said, I did not realise the term could be seen as uncivil, perhaps
> you could assume good faith in not only the new member but in me?
> 

Firstly, you found an organisation called "Community Justice", which you
are the chairman of, and claim to be "promoting civility". Then, you go
and nominate an article for deletion (http://tinyurl.com/numt2) with the
declaration that the article is "listcruft". Then, you dismiss the
creator's objection with the terse statement "Only 91 edits. This is
first to this namespace" (http://tinyurl.com/rega7).

I called you a hypocrite because you founded an organisation to promote
civility, and then you use that to defend your behaviour. It's pretty
hard to assume good faith on your part.

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