[Wikipedia-l] Software Assisted Context Resolution

[Gary Curtis]

At Mon, 31 Mar 2003 18:49:51 -0800 (PST), 
Zoe (zoecomnena at yahoo.com) wrote:
> 
> Wow, for somebody who's never posted before, you certainly have an 
> aggresive personality.  

Never posted HERE before.  ...and you have no idea of of my 
personality. Why do you feel you have to make this personal?

> Don't EVEN try to tell me to be silent, or 
> you'll be in for more than you can deal with.

WOW. An OVERT THREAT by a Wiki ADMIN to a NEWBIE.

Sorry, its a little lost on me.  Should I be scared?

> My point is, that you are making this process MUCH too cumbersome 
> for the majority of users.

OK, real criticism. Thank you. I think that with the right
mods, we could make the whole process very transparent to the
user. The whole point is to get the user to resolve ambiguities
at the time of adding a link, and not leaving it for others
to do later.

> Zoe
>  Gary Curtis <wikiman at freemail.com.au> wrote:At Mon, 31 Mar 2003 
> 17:29:29 -0800 (PST), 
> Zoe (zoecomnena at yahoo.com) wrote:
> > 
> > Are you trying to drive away half of the contributors to the 
> > 'pedia?
> > Zoe
> > Gary Curtis wrote:Hi people. 
> > This is my first post to wikipedia-l, and its a biggun. 
> -- original post snipped ---
> 
> What a truely useless reply!

It was useless. You brought nothing to the table except angst.
 
> You obviously has strong views on this proposal or you would
> not have resorted to such inflammatory language.

Judging from the reply, you certainly do have strong views
on this subject. Saying that I am "trying to drive away half of 
the contributors to the 'pedia" IS inflammatory.
 
> Please offer constructive criticism or remain silent.

Nowhere in this sentence do I try to TELL you anything.
I respectfully ("Please") requested that do one of two things.
Thank you for choosing to provide some constructive criticism. 

Gary Curtis



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