[WikiEN-l] Bus Uncle

[Tony Sidaway]

On 6/7/07, John Lee <johnleemk at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/7/07, Tony Sidaway <tonysidaway at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I don't think there is any legitimate reason to be pissed off here.  I
> > correctly identified some serious problems in an article, correctly
> > removed it from the list that is supposed to represent our best
> > articles, correctly alerted about half the community, and correctly
> > followed up by working to resolve the issues.
> >
> > And for a bonus, I educated some people on this mailing list in how it
> > is possible, in a wiki, to do things quickly and without red tape.
> >
> > This is value for money, particularly as I don't demand remuneration.
> > What's to complain about?
>
>
> Welcome to the real world, where human beings don't calculate the costs and
> benefits of actions and scream "OMG UNILATERAL ADMIN ABUSE" when you are
> bold and perform a revertable action. As I said, there were non-abrasive
> ways of handling the situation and accomplishing the same or almost the same
> result. Even the way you word your messages helps; you may be right, but
> hitting people over the head with a tone like "Haha, I'm right and you're
> not! Why don't you realise this?" isn't helpful.
>

Sheesh!  You want cute and cuddly?  You have to pay me more.