[WikiEN-l] Admins shouldn't shoot back

[K P]

On 6/24/07, Brian Salter-Duke <b_duke at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2007 at 08:52:42AM -0400, The Mangoe wrote:
> > There is another problem with using the projects as core organizing
> > points.A lot of them are organized around interest in a particular
> > controversial subject, and therefore present POV issues. I imagine
> > that most Christianity project members are Christians, and that  most
> > Anglican project members are Anglicans, and so forth. And then we get
> > to the LDS project and the LGBT project and we would end up with, um,
> > problems. (Not to mention REALLY sending Merkey of on a tear.)
>
> I think this is overly pessamistic and does not agree with my experience.
> People who form a Project that invariably will attract people who "belong"
> in the sense you suggest, step over backwards to ensure that their local
> guidelines fit the core policies. They are often more critical of
> articles on non-notable topics than other editors might be.  I think we
> should all accept good faith here. I much bigger problem is the way some
> editors who do not understand the topic really muck up the article. They
> can join a Project but the Project will sort them out.
>
> Bduke
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>          Brian Salter-Duke            b_duke at bigpond.net.au
>               [[User:Bduke]]  mainly on en:Wikipedia.
>           Also on fr: Wikipedia, Meta-Wiki and Wikiversity
>
Projects are a good place to find knowledgable people--only
deletionists fear knowledge introduced.  One word from the fishes guy
led to an acceptable keep all around on an article.

KP