[WikiEN-l] Rank hath its privileges

[Ray Saintonge]

Wilhelm Schnotz wrote:
> Bah forgive me, I was trying to be sarcastic. Did not work so well :S
>   
People here can sometimes be victims of their own literalism.  One thing 
about lynch mob members is that they believe they are ridding the world 
of scum.  Such true believers do not understand sarcasm. ;-)
> To ray, you have a point, if it is a 3rd parties copyright, it is
> their fight. Generally though I don't like the thought of that ability
> being used to undelete stuff that is not helpful to this project and
> creates these sorts of distractions, but it is now his fight.
>   
There's still a difference between undeleting material and taking 
deleted material for use on an external site.  The Wall Street Journal 
report is certainly a distractions, but volunteers who are driven by 
their ideals to participate in the wikis tend to be more sensitive to 
these distractions than is warranted.  Large organizations are 
frequently subject to these critical reports, and soon learn that making 
a fuss of them is a waste of everybody's time.

Ec
>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:48 PM, Wilhelm Schnotz wrote
>>> Feel free to start one or someone else is likely to do it. After all
>>> lynching gets good drama ;).
>>>