[WikiEN-l] Could we tone down the language a bit?

[Fred Bauder]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Nina Stratton [mailto:ninaeliza at gmail.com]
>Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 06:31 AM
>To: 'English Wikipedia'
>Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Could we tone down the language a bit?
>
>That's fine. However, all users should be treated with the same respect and
>courtesy. I think that's Fred's point. I've also seen word salads coming
>from users who are very passionate about what they want to get across but
>have only a glancing knowledge of the English language. Sometimes, they
>change their subject in the middle of a sentence. One of my good friends who
>is schizophrenic is an amateur historian who would be excellent on
>Wikipedia. He's in recovery ([[Recovery model]] doesn't exist yet either),
>however. You make an excellent point about poorly medicated/unmedicated
>folks with psychiatric disabilities. It's a huge problem with the [[Public
>mental health system]].
>
>Nina

When we block someone, or restrict their editing, the discussion needs to be framed around behavior. This actually gives the person something to work with, feedback. Maintaining that discipline is hard, and we all break it from time to time, especially in private, but long discussions on the Administrators noticeboard about apparent psychiatric problems are not good. Most of us don't know what we're talking about, and those of us who do, know better.

Fred