>> on 1/10/09 6:59 AM, David Gerard at dger...@gmail.com wrote: > >>> I note that I have asked you before if you've actually attempted to >>> work directly with the community on-wiki, and you demurred: >>> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2009-January/097693.html >>> You claim to be defending the community in the abstract, but don't >>> appear to want to put in the effort to actually work directly with the >>> people in said community. > 2009/1/10 Marc Riddell <michaeldavi...@comcast.net>:
>> David, if you mean the endless, circular, defensive battles that go on in >> the Talk Pages of the English Wikipedia, no; I am not willing to put what >> time I have there. The objective in such warfare seems to be to win at any >> cost; not a discussion to resolve issues in a cause both sides of the >> argument supposedly believe in and want to improve. There needs to be a >> better mechanism for such discussions; or, at least, a culture more skilled >> in the process of arbitration and decision making. > on 1/10/09 9:48 AM, David Gerard at dger...@gmail.com wrote: > > Yes, people are difficult to work with and remain the key problem in > dealing with them. What do you propose to deal with this? It is the process of communication that is the problem, David, not the people. The process - not the people. Learn the difference. Marc Riddell _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
