On 01/11/2007, Alec Conroy <alecmconroy(a)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.