[Wikipedia-l] Re: Re: Wikipedia English English

[Mark Williamson]

Ahh, and, in addition, due to some technical mishap, I sent my e-mail
before I received his.

Mark

On 23/09/05, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
> 1) I don't call people I disagree with barking mad, unless they really
> are barking mad. I believe this is the first time in a few months I've
> called anyone barking mad, and in the intervening time there have been
> plenty of people with whom I've had disagreements. I think most people
> on this list would agree that Mr Jack and Naree is "barking mad".
>
> 2) Yes, but how many of them? I never said with absolute certainty
> that all of those were BS examples, only that much of the list was BS.
> None of the examples which I made it clear I was fairly certain were
> universal were objected to, and even many of the ones which were
> objected to proved a point, for example "autumn" vs "fall": there's
> one variant that's understood in both places, and another that is only
> understood in one. Which one should be chosen?
>
> 3) Mr. Jack & Naree's most recent message is a bit daft ("looks like
> he failed"). If he had the sense to check, he would see that that
> message was not, in fact, a response to his "troll test" e-mail but
> rather to his earlier e-mail which was written in all-caps. And, if it
> takes two to troll, why is just about everybody else on this list
> calling him a troll? Does that mean that they're all trolls too? And,
> of course, this isn't a response to him, but a note to you which is
> related to but not in response to his message. And if anyone so
> wishes, I invite them to inform Mr Macdaddy that the troll test, from
> now on, applies to him as well: if he IS a troll, he'll make another
> post to this or related threads; if he ISN'T a troll, he won't.
>
> Mark
>
> On 23/09/05, Rowan Collins <rowan.collins at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 23/09/05, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Arguing and trolling is one thing, but writing a response in all-caps
> > > is another.
> >
> > Yes, so much worse than calling somebody you don't agree with "barking
> > mad", only to find that the examples you are objecting to are verified
> > by a number of other users. Hm...
> >
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