Reputation (was Re: [Wikipedia-l] Re: Quenya language request, and Chinese Wikipedia again)

[Mark Williamson]

"Thanks" for the advice.

I have some for you, too - cool off a bit, and quit acting so
condescending. It's very irritating, even in small doses. And as I
have noted before, while friendly advice is usually appreciated by me,
when it is given in a tone like this it really doesn't help anybody.

Mark

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 07:04:25 -0800, Stan Shebs <shebs at apple.com> wrote:
> Mark Williamson wrote:
> 
> >Do you really think I'm /that/ stupid?
> >
> He probably does, actually. Despite repeated hints that it's
> counterproductive, you continue to try to browbeat people into
> doing what you want.
> 
> As someone who's lived on the net for some 23 years now, let me
> pass along a bit of advice. You start with a default fund of
> reputation from other netizens. You do good things, like copyedit
> a thousand articles or supply a bit of requested info, your fund
> goes up. You do bad things, like call someone a nasty name in
> public, your fund goes down.
> 
> Why does this matter? If your fund of reputation is high, you can
> merely suggest an idea, and people will rush to make it happen.
> If your fund is low, others will dislike your idea, *even if it's
> a good idea*. Unfair, perhaps, but that's how interpersonal
> relationships work, on the net as elsewere.
> 
> Some people even tried to let you know when your fund crossed zero
> and headed into negative territory, but you blew right on by without
> slowing down. So, if you want to have any chance at all of having
> any influence on things, I suggest you cool it with all the
> accusations and criticism - I think you do enough worthwhile things
> normally that your reputation will eventually get back to the
> positive side again.
> 
> Stan
> 
>