[WikiEN-l] WR's secret forum and list

joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu
Tue Dec 11 18:44:18 UTC 2007


Quoting jayjg <jayjg99 at gmail.com>:

> a) disbelief and mockery (the word "rutabaga" comes to mind)

I don't think that the rutabaga example was intended to be mockery but 
rather a
point about what was happening to encyclopedic content in a method with 
minimal
community input. People can use humorous phrases without mocking. Indeed,
sometimes when a topic is sufficiently serious, a bit of levity can be very
helpful.



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