On 10/15/07, K P <kpbotany(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/15/07, fredbaud(a)waterwiki.info
<fredbaud(a)waterwiki.info> wrote:
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From: geni [mailto:geniice@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 04:15 PM
To: 'English Wikipedia'
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Harassment sites
On 15/10/2007, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net> wrote:
on
10/15/07 3:27 PM, fredbaud(a)waterwiki.info at fredbaud(a)waterwiki.info wrote:
The encyclopedia is the work of the community,
its creation. Thus the
encyclopedia is dependent on the viability and integrity of the community.
Absolutely, Fred!
Marc
Expect we know that individual bits of the community are expendable.
--
geni
Yes, like long term editors compared to newbies who must not be
bitten, and versus trolls who must be accomodated in every way but
down.
But long term editors are presumably "better able to take care of
themselves" and less likely to leave given an abusive encounter than a
newbie (major problem, hence BITE), and more able to discern a troll
and ignore them rather than take it personally.
How we deal with trolls is problematic. A large part of it is people
getting into random interpersonal conflict (normal) and failing to AGF
(also normal, though policy says elsewise) and starting to assume the
opponents are trolls.
We also have some very dangerous insidious true troublemakers out there.
I wish it was as simple as AGF or Instaban. But telling which
category an obstreperous user falls into is not a science, viewed from
the outside.
--
-george william herbert
george.herbert(a)gmail.com