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From: wikien-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-
bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of David Gerard
Sent: 03 October 2011 11:05
To: English Wikipedia
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Facepalm?
On 3 October 2011 11:02, Scott MacDonald <doc.wikipedia(a)ntlworld.com>
wrote:
Granted, removing uncivil templates won't
magically increase patient
and
constructive discussion, but I do suspect
we'd still nevertheless
delete
{{jackass}} or {{moron}}. If people are going to
mock others, we
shouldn't
be giving them shortcuts to do so. The existence
of the template
serves to
legitimise such dismissive discourse.
Thoughts?
Sounds reasonable on civility grounds. You could probably get a TFD to
fly.
- d.
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