You, for one, are a troll, and as such, do not deserve a discussion.
RickK
"N.T. Riche" <vonriche(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
I am not sure, but I seriously don't think trolling is a problem.
I have a few question for Rick and Heph and others:
What constitutes trolling?
If so should trolls be banned without a hearing?
Could other users defend a troll without them being called a troll (Like I have)?
Also I understand we are building a encyclopedia...but is there such a thing as Academic
freedom on wikipedia (to some extent because i realize this a private project not a public
one)?
I don't see trolling to be a problem, I see users that act like vigilantes to be a
problem. I've seen some users that claimed to be "free-thinkers" but banned
people without a hearing from the Arb. committee. I've seen users that claimed to be
Liberals, but where ultra-reactionary in banning practices and are no better than the
people they criticize. Now I never once said they're was a "cabal" but what
I am saying is that I believe in FREEDOM.
Nick T. Riche Aka User:Plato
Mark Richards <marich712000(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Perhaps the inability or refusal to deal with this
'problem' is that there really isn't much of a
problem?
Mark
--- Robert Dodier wrote:
Hephaestos wrote:
In light of the fact that the Arbitration
Committee is
quite willing to censure me and others for having
the
audacity to do the job they refuse to do, over
any
objections
we may have, I don't think they are being
taken
seriously.
On the other hand, if I were to change my handle
to
GreezyTroll and start spewing nonsense about
"cabal" and
"GFDL corpus", and inserting
"faggot" into every
other article,
I think my objections would be taken quite
seriously. In the
name of "fairness" or somesuch.
Wikipedia is suffering from a classic case of
looking for
the house keys under the street light. There is an
inability,
or perhaps refusal, to recognize trolling. On the
other hand,
it,s very easy to spot admins who are breaking
rules.
RickK wrote:
Sorry, but I will continue to do what needs to be
done,
and I hope, Heph, that you will, too.
Hephaestos wrote:
Why should we, when our help is so clearly not
wanted?
For the record: -I- want your help. I consider WP a
serious
project -- that means the current troll-pandering
has to stop.
Hephaestos, you rock, and RickK, so do you.
Keep up the good work.
For what it,s worth --
Robert Dodier
(Wile E. Heresiarch)
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