[WikiEN-l] How to stop Encyclopedia Dramatica from makingattackarticles on

[Fred Bauder]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tony Jacobs [mailto:gtjacobs at hotmail.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 04:03 PM
>To: wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org
>Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] How to stop Encyclopedia Dramatica from makingattack	articles on
>
>>From: Stan Shebs <stanshebs at earthlink.net>
>>
>>Tony Jacobs wrote:
>> >   As someone who appreciates both wikis, I continue to explain to each
>> > that the editors of the other are actually human beings, and not some
>> > kind of monsters.
>>Sure they're humans - average-age-14 humans, from the looks of it.
>
>I don't know of any that young.  The ones I know range in age from 19 to 30. 
>  I think a lot are college age.
>
>> > If they stop making fun of Wikipedians, it'll be because they decide
>> > we're cool after all, not because we declare war on them and somehow
>> > win.
>>I *so* don't care whether 14-year-olds think I'm cool or not.
>>
>
>Then you're contributing to a conversation about "how to stop" them... for 
>what reason?  You're making a point here?  Are you advocating anything I'm 
>not?  You think we shouldn't ignore them?  You think we should go ahead and 
>generate lots of drama in some kind of wiki-war?
>
>I find your reply puzzling.
>
>
>Tony/GTBacchus

No, he's not. He's just had enough. Best to mind our own business.

Fred