[WikiEN-l] Requesting assistance re user:Bastique

[Bartning at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/14/2007 7:39:29 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
richholton at gmail.com writes:

I'm  troubled by the course of the conversation that took place about 
this on  WP:ANI. At least two people were asserting that one should not 
revert  Danny because he's a foundation employee, or Kat Walsh, because 
of board  membership.

There have been many, many assertions of late that we on  Wikipedia do 
not (should not) give credit to credentials, but to the  content of 
contributions. So it's disturbing to see these arguments used.  Using 
these sorts of arguments does Wikipedia no favors, and contributes  to 
the notion that there is a cabal that one should not cross lest one  
suffer the penalty.

Note that I have no comment (and have developed  no opinion) on the 
content of the contributions of any of the parties  involved in the 
original dispute.



Sounds to me like those in power in Wikipedia want to define things.   That 
shouldn't be the way either.  What about truth in articles, not "out  there 
somewhere"?
 
Vincent
UN:John Wallace Rich



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