[Wikipedia-l] unproductive posts

[The Cunctator]

On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 15:20, Daniel Mayer wrote:
> Lars wrote:
> > Was this written by the real Ed Poor?  It is so stupid, that I must
> > assume that the SMTP header was forged.  I don't want to be on a
> > mailing list with people this stupid.  I would suggest that Ed just
> > pack up his things and leave the project for ever, or we should make
> > an investigation into who really sent that message.
> 
> SJC wrote:
> > It's much easier just to delete the pages you don't like or which don't
> > suit your agenda, though, isn't it Magnus?
> >
> > Steve Callaway
> 
> Stop it you two. Lars, Ed was trying to make a valid point and you repay that 
> with a stupid, unproductive and unnecessarily combative response. Granted it 
> wasn't the most productive way to accomplish his ends but Ed is one of our 
> best, if not the best, community builders and he deserves much more respect 
> than that. Your, comment, on the other hand, only tends to tear down 
> community. 

Mav, lashing out at Lars is not appropriate. Ed Poor's whole F.A.
charade could quite reasonably be considered stupid and unproductive--or
worse. Even if you don't think so, you should certainly not attack
people for stating so.

Ed may be good a building community but he's also very capable of doing
stupid and silly things. He deserves respect for the good he does, but
disapprobation for the stupid things he does. And I suspect Ed would be
the first to agree. Judge not the man, but his actions.

Lars may have gone too far in saying that Ed should leave, but it's not
entirely irrational.