[WikiEN-l] incivility consciously as a tactic.

Fred Bauder fredbaud at fairpoint.net
Mon Apr 15 23:12:16 UTC 2013


> Right--and this would make all the difference. I am teaching a college
> class for which an optional assignment is to learn to edit in Wikipedia.
> Most of the students have had good experiences. Only a few have felt
>  "incivility consciously as a tactic. " We discuss this in class and a
> few
> snide/bullying editors do great damage. There just isn't any reason for
> it.
> Good people will not tolerate bullying. It's no rite of passage that
> people
> must undergo.

You are correct. This is not a new issue; efforts to control it have
extended over years with mixed results. Please report these issues to
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents and we will do what we
can.

Fred




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