[WikiEN-l] Bus Uncle

[David Gerard]

On 07/06/07, John Lee <johnleemk at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.


... and isn't even an admin.


> 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.


OTOH, I can see a lack of patience given the above.


- d.