On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 9:02 AM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 4 October 2010 13:54, Chad <innocentkil...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 4:39 AM, Mariano Cecowski >> <marianocecow...@yahoo.com.ar> wrote: > >>> Would it be possible to change the source for editing and then back to be >>> stored? I can think of a couple of problems to solve, including image and >>> template names, or language links, but all of them should be solvable, and >>> that should keep everyone happy, right? > >> Possible? Maybe...would need work. >> I guess it comes down to whether it's deemed to be worth >> the work or not. > > > In this case, the problem is a visceral hatred by some persons on > ro:wp of anything even slightly Cyrillic. The Cyrillic letter was even > missing from the ro:wp puzzle globe for a time. (I see it's present in > the current version.) >
I've been around long enough to know this is very true. > So treating this as in any way merely a technical problem will not > resolve the cause of these regular messages. I see the messager has > resorted to spamming multiple lists now. > This has been going on for what...2 years now? 3? I'm tired of getting spammed a few times a year and dragging this horse out of the ground to flog it a few more times. > Possibly putting it at the bottom of the *long* list of other problems > in need of resolution (e.g. all the volunteer work that's backed up a > year or more, as Simetrical noted on wikitech-l) would be an idea. > Because everything else is more urgent and indeed more important than > one annoying nationalist spammer. > I think was saying pretty much the same thing ;-) -Chad _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
