[Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] English Wikipedia ethnocentric policy affects other communities

[George Herbert]

On 12/21/06, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> George Herbert schreef:
> > On 12/21/06, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> David Gerard schreef:
> >>
> >>> On 21/12/06, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> The SUL is almost a year late as it is. All issues have been
> discussed
> >>>> at length at the time. Postponing it now it not really an option.
> There
> >>>> is also no capacity to come up with a technical solution. There is
> even
> >>>> no consensus as to what the problem is.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> So you really are saying that your only answer to the concerns raised
> >>> is "fuck you"? That's disappointing. How do you plan to get every
> >>> en:wp admin to go along with you?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> - d.
> >>>
> >> Hoi,
> >> Again you misquote. To what extend do you think the admins of other
> >> projects are asked what they think about the imposition of all kinds of
> >> functionality that was discussed at length at the en.wikipedia or some
> >> such. Really, much of the problem has already been solved. With SUL it
> >> will be even easier to find if someone is a know good or a known troll.
> >> You just seem to be unwilling to acknowledge these facts, by also using
> >> not so polite language you make yourself less relevant in my eyes.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>     GerardM
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > I find your lack of assumed good faith disturbing.
> Hoi,
> What do you expect when it is the return that I get is as if I said
> "fuck you" ? You call that good faith ? What do you expect when for a
> second time I am misquoted ?
> Sorry, but it is not me who used foul language. So how do you conclude
> that I am of bad faith. :(
> GerardM


I do not see the en.WP folks ignoring or arguing against the SUL benefits,
but I do see you enthusiastically telling us that the negatives due to the
impact of SUL with current en.WP policy are imaginary or evidence of us
being insensitive or culturally imperialist (paraphrasing).


-- 
-george william herbert
george.herbert at gmail.com