[WikiEN-l] Bus Uncle

[James Farrar]

On 07/06/07, Tony Sidaway <tonysidaway at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/7/07, James Farrar <james.farrar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 07/06/07, Tony Sidaway <tonysidaway at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Whether I do or do not have the right to "unilaterally strip FA
> > > status" is a chimera. I never attempted to do that.  What I did was
> > > remove a severely damaged article from the list of [featured] articles.
> >
> > Errrrr.....
>
> Ah, you mistake making a bold edit for assuming that everybody will
> fall into lockstep.  This isn't how things work on Wikipedia.
> Somebody has to take the initiative.  If someone disagrees, the action
> can be undone. This is how wikis work.
>
>
> Why do I even have to explain this?  You're not newbies.

You have to explain this because I'm trying to work out what possessed
you to do this in this way.

Surely one of the first lessons of Wikipedia that everyone learns is
that if you plan to make a change, and it may be controversial, you
should discuss it in the appropriate places first. You manifestly
failed to do this.