[Foundation-l] Participation of intellectual professions

[Virgilio A. P. Machado]

This an interesting topic which ties in very well with others that I 
have been discussing in this list. Noein presented part of the 
problem. Dr. Goodman, with whom I had the pleasure of exchanging some 
comments before, added some more very important information. He 
mentions "ignorants" and "fools". I have called them worse, but 
that's besides the point. What I find deplorable is the sorry state 
of cronyism and complicity so pervasive in several (but fortunately 
not all) Wikimedia projects that allows "ignorants" and "fools" to 
prevail. The spectacle of seeing someone with qualifications similar 
to those of the professors who are giving you so much grief in school 
is just too entertaining to pass. So is the spectacle of seeing a 
colleague that "cannot tolerate the fools" fail to work 
effectively  in a WP environment. I am indeed a bit short on examples 
where the community has stand up to the "ignorants" and "fools", in 
favor of the inexperienced expert or the well meaning do gooder. I'm 
sorry most of you are not enough knowledgeable of the Portuguese 
language to ever had been able to interfere in the abuse and travesty 
of proper procedure (It's impossible to call that justice. It will be 
too offensive to what justice is) that I and others have had to 
endure in the Portuguese Wikipedia. At least I never notice your 
participation there, but records and written testimonies of the 
abusive behavior I mention are abundant.

To make things easy for the friendly intellectuals that usually post 
to this list, I'll give two examples for you to play with and have your fun:

1) 
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards%27_noticeboard/Archives/2010-04#Please_advise

2) 
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Information_desk#Deletion_of_user_page

Come on guys. Bring it on. Make my day.

Sincerely,

Virgilio A. P. Machado (Vapmachado)