[WikiEN-l] Who monitors Wikipedia?

[Ray Saintonge]

David Gerard wrote:
> On 01/03/2008, Majorly <axel9891 at googlemail.com> wrote:
>   
>> On 01/03/2008, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
>>     
>>  > In addition to barnstars, perhaps we should also have a system of
>>  > barnturds for admins who act within the strict rules, but without paying
>>  > attention to respect for those who are trying to contribute in good faith.
>>     
>> That's hardly a helpful comment.
>>     
> "Don't bite the newbies" is a painfully neglected rule, so I'm sure
> you can understand the frustration being expressed here. Overworked
> admins who think "must save the universe, bugger the newbies" are an
> ongoing public relations disaster.
A barnturd would reflect the variant, "Don't shit on the newbies."  
(Does someone with artistic flair have a nice steamy photo?)  The 
regular awardees would likely remove the picture from their page, but 
one would hope that the message would eventually get through if it 
happens frequently enough  Since it's so easy for them to remove there 
would be no appeal or continuing discussion. Still a repeated "BARNTURD 
AWARDED" appearing in the user page history would communicate a message.

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