[WikiEN-l] Dispute resolution mailing list

[stevertigo]

On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Emily Monroe <bluecaliocean at me.com> wrote:

> I like formality--plus I tend not to use idioms online. Even in an
> English forum, we'll have people who don't read English well, or who
> can't interpret metamorphic speech very well.
>

Excellent points.

Just a little nitpick: "metamorphic" is not used in linguistics - the
lingustic term is "morphological," but I understand you probably mean
"idiomatic" or 'conceptually amorphous.' Interesting point, but in reality
we just use the terms "informal," "idiomatic" or "colloquial"
(language/speech) to deal with expressions that are not "formal," and thus
more direct.

> Ah. But could you please clarify what specifically you mean by the
> terms "too much" and "can happen"?

> What I've already said, actually.


I read everything you've written here and didn't catch any specifics. That's
why I asked.


> I've read a
> little in the arbcom archives, and know people sometimes won't
> participate in their own RfC, or won't comply with whatever consensus
> there is (that was achieved through DR). If people won't participate/
> cooperate with something most definitely *on wiki*, why would they
> participate on something that talks about Wikipedia?
>

Good point, Emily. Ironically enough though, Arbcom itself doesn't
participate much in openly discussing its cases. Strange isn't it?

-Stevertigo

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