[WikiEN-l] Why are veterans so militant of late; The Future. (was Bus Uncle)

[Tony Sidaway]

On 6/6/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06/06/07, John Lee <johnleemk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Indeed. I'm not sure if Andrew has the date down right, but some time in
> > 2006 seems correct. I remember feeling impressed around the beginning of '06
> > that I was still seeing new admins and editors who shared the same
> > philosophy and principles of Wikipedians I remember from when I started out
> > in '03/'04, but I can't recall having a similar experience since then.
>
>
> The beginning of 2006 was the Userbox Wars, where Kelly Martin got a
> ridiculous RFC against her for ... removing blatantly
> copyright-violating "fair use" images from userboxes.
>
>

There were ridiculous things before then.  I think the community
weathers such things quite well.  Individuals may encounter problems
but the show goes on.