[WikiEN-l] WikiEN-l Digest, Vol 34, Issue 10

[Molu]

While it is easy to AGF for calling contributions cruft, it's not so easy for that comment. Bias can creep into statement of pure facts through the process of selection of facts. However such behavious is expected in AfD. People who don't have a blood-thirst don't *usually* spend their time in the destructive passtime of deleting articles.

  Message: 8
Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 17:09:37 +0100
From: "Joe Anderson" 
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Cruft
To: "English Wikipedia" 
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By saying Only 91 edits. This is first to this namespace I was attempting to
insert fact without opinion.

On 5/2/06, Joe Anderson wrote:
>
> John, Not suitable for inclusion in the encyclopedia due to limited scope
> of interest is pretty much what I thought it meant.
>
>
> On 5/2/06, John Lee wrote:
> >
> > Kelly Martin wrote:
> >
> > >On 5/2/06, Joe Anderson wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>I accept that some may see it as uncivil, but I for one do not.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >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"?
> > >
> > >Kelly
> > >
> > >
> > 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
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> Joe Anderson
>
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