[WikiEN-l] What's going on?

[Thomas Dalton]

> I have just spent some time reviewing the List's archives for the past
> several months, and it is clear something is changing ­ and not for the
> good. The dialogues have become more combative, argumentative and downright
> mean. The individual contributions have become more aggressive, intolerant,
> patronizing, bullying, insulting, and downright mean. There has been a
> steady decline in fairness, civility and just plain listening.
>
> It has gotten to the point where a person needs to dress in helmet and full
> padding before submitting a post. How many persons, who would otherwise
> contribute to the List, simply choose not to - feeling it's not worth the
> hassle?
>
> What's going on?

The fact that this list is the last avenue of complaint for people
that have complained everywhere else and been ignored doesn't help. A
lot of threads here are started by trolls, so trolling becomes a
natural part of them.