Andre Engels wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 1:30 AM, Phil Nash <pn007a2...@blueyonder.co.uk> > wrote: > >> Sorry, my experience is different; there are some editors whose >> behavioural >> problems go on, and on, and on, yet are tolerated, because they >> contribute >> "good content". But the overhead to others drains volunteer resources. > > I can raise you on that - there are editors whose behavioral problems > go on and on, and yet they are tolerated because Wikipedia should be > free for all, and besides if one person has fights with ten different > people, then those ten people should stop ganging up on him... > Absolutely, and that one "super editor" will be defended by people with their own agenda.
This is the basic reason why, instead of working out the minor technical trouble I was having with AWB which curtailed my useful work, I took it as a handy excuse to cut way back on my involvement. I haven't been called a "nasty little Tony Sidaway sidekick" for months upon months: I don't know what Tony thinks about it, but I for one don't miss it at all. -- Phil -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FW%3A--Wikinews-l--Increased-incivility-at-wikinews--en--%3Cwarning%3A%09contains-rant%3E-tp21852507p21879516.html Sent from the WikiMedia Foundation mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
