[Foundation-l] FW: [Wikinews-l] Increased incivility at wikinews [en] <warning: contains rant>

[Mark Williamson]

Perhaps it would help if we disallowed certain words in block summaries?

- Asshole
- Fuck
- Idiot...

I'm no fan of censorship, but there's no reason these words should be
in block summaries at all as far as I can think of.

skype: node.ue



2009/2/5 Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net>:
> When will you people finally acknowledge that there is something terribly
> wrong with the deteriorating level of discourse occurring in the Projects?
> And this trend is certainly not confined to Wikinews. Take a good, objective
> look at some of the dialogue occurring on the English Wikipedia. The
> atmosphere is becoming angrier and more hostile by the day.
>
> And, Erik, when I broached this subject in a private email conversation with
> you, you never even acknowledged receipt of that email. What would you have
> done if we were speaking to each other in person - stare at me in silence?
> That, alone, speaks volumes.
>
> Marc Riddell
>
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> From: bawolff <bawolff+wn at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: bawolff+wn at gmail.com, Wikinews mailing list
> <wikinews-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 22:34:14 -0700
> To: Wikinews mailing list <wikinews-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: [Wikinews-l] Increased incivility at wikinews [en] <warning:
> contains rant>
>
> [I happened to stumble upon what appears to be an aftermath of an edit
> war, and am quite disgusted by it. The following is basically a rant
> about it, as I'm not really sure how best to bring it up]
>
>
> I've recently noticed a marked increased in incivility between
> contributors on Wikinews. I find this really disturbing as it is often
> between admins who one would think know better. For example (And I'm
> not trying to pick on anyone, these are just some random ones i came
> across):
>
> *"But no, you've gotta be an asshole just like always"
> *"A small amount of brain activity would lead to the presumption that
> someone in my position knows what they're doing"
> *"I suggest you get the fuck off your high horse or get the fuck out of
> dodge"
> *"they are _MY_ comment sections and _I_ can write what ever the hell _I_
> want."
>
> Now, I know I am taking these out of context, but to be blunt I don't
> care if the context was responding to poop vandalism - It is
> incredibly inappropriate for admins to say these things under any
> circumstances. If these were new users making these comments, they
> would have been blocked in the neighborhood of 2 weeks to a year,
> maybe even indefinitely.
>
> How can we really expect to recruit and retain new contributors, when
> this is how the long time contributors are treated?
>
> -Bawolff
>
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