On 01/11/2007, Alec Conroy alecmconroy@gmail.com wrote:
That's true, but in PM's defense, the BADSITES issue isn't just any old issue. The level of on-wiki incivility that BADSITES opponents are subjected to is really unprecedented. If you come out against BADSITES, there's a vocal group of people who are going to hate your guts for the rest of your Wikipedia career. They'll accuse you of "aiding trolls", "being a troll", "badgering", and everything in between. With BADSITES, there's a real climate of partisan hatred that I've never really seen before on Wikipedia. There's a groups of people who are definitely "collecting names", and overtly hostile to anyone who has strongly opposed Badsites, and if you're sensitive to attacks, they can completely poison your wiki experience. If you strongly oppose BADSITES but are the kind of person who really needs a happy, civil working environment to make it pleasant to edit wikipedia, you really either have to make a pseudonym or you have to just have to keep your mouth shut. PM chose the pseudonym route, and absent any evidence of wrongdoing, we should respect his choice and thank him for lending a hand to trying to mediate our #1 community disagreement.
Indeed.
- d.