[WikiEN-l] serious fallacies

Charles Matthews charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com
Tue Apr 16 17:28:02 UTC 2013


On 16 April 2013 14:20, Kathleen McCook <klmccook at gmail.com> wrote

> I agree with you, Charles. These fallacies are quite transparent. And it is
> too bad that much good effort and input to the Wikipedia initiative can be
> lost due to those who feel it is their  to be "forthright"  (wiggle word)
> rather than helpful.  There is nothing wrong with being helpful. There
> is everything wrong with a nasty officious edge.

To be clear, I don't engage in these debates to diminish the
community. I come in as a "policy wonk" if I feel the policy involved
is being misread, too close to the letter. That's not the trouble
here.

Charles



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