If you think that personal attacks on other
wikipedians are OK, then please
advocate for the "no personal attacks" rule to get repealed.
I advocate the enforcement of the agreed-upon rules that are specified in
[[Wikipedia:Policy]], which happens to include [[Wikipedia:No personal
attacks]]. Your characterisation of the desire of wikipedians that personal
attacks should halt as 'Mommy, he called me xxx" and "whinging" is
both
condescending and illogical, given that "no personal attacks" happens to be a
wikipedia policy. I have quoted it before, and I shall quote it again (from
[[Wikipedia:No personal attacks]]):
Sorry, no. I am not going to try to change the policy. Rather, when
a case comes before the arbitration committee that consist of nothing
more substantial than name-calling, I will recuse myself.
Vandalism, yes. Explicit threats, yes. Edit wars, yes. Insults?
You're not paying me enough to tell people not to be hostile
or rude. I'd rather relieve Sisyphus for a millennium or two.
My characterization is "illogical"? Non-sequitur -- I'm not a Vulcan.
"Condescending"? You're absolutely right. After all, my
/six-year-old/ doesn't need my help to handle simple name-calling.
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