[WikiEN-l] Personal attacks.

[Ray Saintonge]

C.J. Croy wrote:

>On 5/8/07, Nathan <nriorperzy at kriocoudek.mailexpire.com> wrote:
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>>I would like someone to officially warn Moreschi against making personal attacks.
>>See: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/Nathanrdotcom&diff=122980467&oldid=122977018
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>Heh heh, good parody of a newb-...Wait, you're serious?  You actually
>think "whinging so pathetically" is a personal attack worthy of
>sanction?  I'd call whining about someone calling you a whiner ironic,
>but somehow I actually expected this.  If you were Anglius, I'd
>sympathize.  Since you aren't, you are nothing more than a hypocrite
>with a fascinating case of selective amnesia.  Let me jog your memory
>a little.
>
>"Given that Cyde and SlimVirgin are both infamous for being dicks..."
>"Does Cyde have ANY redeeming qualities whatsoever?"
>"I would never link to anything written by Cyde, even if I agreed with
>it - I won't give the bastard the satisfaction"
>"I never thought much of Gmaxwell since he did one thing to earn
>himself the title of "dick"."
>"Ryulong is batshit insane (now at least) if you ask me."
>
I don't know how guilty Nathan may be of anything, and I'm not 
interested in finding out.  Still, statements that presume guilt, or 
that accuse someone of whinging could hardly be called respectful 
language.  He may very well have made all the comments above, but that 
does not justify having the admin descend into the same gutter.  Admins 
should rise above the fray with more dispassionate and neutral language.

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