[WikiEN-l] WP:DENY is a steaming pile of crap.

Ron Ritzman ritzman at gmail.com
Fri Nov 9 03:22:24 UTC 2007


On 11/8/07, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:

> > I think that many of the people labeled "trolls" on WP aren't "trolls"
> > in the classic sense because they really believe in the positions that
> > they take. They are just very obstinate about their positions and
> > can't take "no" for an answer.
>
> You mean like Martin Luther King, Jr. was?

If your fighting real life oppression then sometimes taking "no" for
an answer is noble and the right thing to do. If you're trying to get
your way on a website then it rarely ever is and can be
counterproductive to your position. "Nobody likes listening to dicks
no matter how right they are".



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