Ray, I appreciate your honesty. I'll agree with you that I was not a very pleasant presence on the ML. Reading archives from, say, 2005 makes me cringe. I'm glad that people were not as heavy-handed as they could (should?) have been in dealing with me at the time. I learned a great deal about people from this community although I think the bulk of the "growing up" I've done (so far!) had to be done In Real Life. I did definitely learn some lasting lessons though and I'm sure I wouldn't be who I am today without WM although I'm not so active anymore.
Mark skype: node.ue On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Ray Saintonge<sainto...@telus.net> wrote: > Mark Williamson wrote: >> This is precisely one of the problems that is holding us back. >> >> Individual prejudices against younger individuals may have scared >> younger users away from the project. >> >> All in all, I feel that we should basically treat all users the same, >> regardless of age. If a 15 year old makes good contributions to an >> article on particle physics but they need a little fixing up, it >> should be treated the same way as if a 30 year old made the same >> contribution - fix it. >> >> > When I first encountered you you showed a great capacity to be a pain in > the ass. You shared that ability with a few others who were already > well passed their teen years. Your tenacity through all this has been > commendable, and your continuing presence has had a mellowing effect on > you. At Wikimania-Frankfurt you were one of the two people that I most > regretted not having the chance to meet. > > Ec > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
