Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)ctelco.net> writes:
MNH was not an emergency. He did nothing which
affected the functioning of
Wikipedia. He simply acted ugly.
This is a point that I simply don't understand.
MNH acting ugly requires the continual attention of sysops whose time would be
much better spent constructing a free encyclopedia.
The constant bickering, squabbling and edit war engendered by MNH (and his
ilk) create an unpleasant, confrontational and adversarial atmosphere that
will (and has) dissuaded people from contributing.
For most (all?) of us, contributing to Wikipedia is a activity that takes up
our free time. Most people have no desire to do something in their free time
that leads them open to conflict and abuse from people who act ugly.
Disrupting the prevailing atmosphere of amiable co-operation is detrimental to
Wikipedia attracting new contributors.
Users who act ugly are detrimental to the functioning and aims of Wikipedia.
Editing wikipedia is not a human right. Bannings too good for 'em, I say.
--
Gareth Owen
I'm very enamoured of the idea of meta-content markup ...
there are a lot of cool possibilities. But we should be reluctant to tamper
much with a system that totally works in an amazing way. -- Jimmy Wales