jayjg wrote:
Look, you didn't step in when the rhetoric and
insults started flying,
so I'm having a difficult time taking it seriously when you suddenly
want me to stop *my* responses. Deal with Joe and Sheldon, then come
to me when you've calmed them down.
Well, I started with you because that's who I was trying to talk to
about a potential policy. Had I been discussing things with them and
noticed similar issues, I'm sure I would have spoken up. I often do.
However, I confess to having skimmed more of their stuff, because I
already understand their position. It's the other position, the
not-BADSITES-but-superficially-similar position that I'm trying to get a
handle on.
Further, I believe they're in this because they seriously believe that
their position is important to Wikipedia's future, and are spending time
on this because the outcome matters to them. You, on the other hand, say
you're just having a discussion, and so I'd expect you to be more
willing to de-escalate things, if for no other reason than consideration
to the rest of us.
But if there are particular things that you feel Joe or Sheldon are
doing that are inappropriate, feel free to drop me a line off list,
hopefully with some links to the archive or some text snippets so that I
can search my copies, and I'll be glad to try to mediate where I think I
can help.
Thanks,
William