Ori Livneh wrote:
When the path forward is blocked, let the matter drop for a while and turn your attention to something else. Come back to it with a fresh and open mind. That is how you win: not with overwhelming firepower, but with lots of patience and a light touch. Having a sense of humor helps, too.
Amen. :-)
When I look at the people who manage to stay around for a long time, they're the ones who are capable of assuming good faith and occasionally walking away when things get heated. Wiki diplomacy happens at about the same rate as non-wiki diplomacy, I've found. Sometimes you have to be a little bit more non-profit and a little bit less tech. ;-)
Congrats on your first MediaWiki developer birthday! To many more birthdays in the years to come.
MZMcBride
P.S. mailman: there's a non-ASCII character in the subject line. Attack!