[WikiEN-l] Policy on Reversions?

Wed Nov 19 14:22:51 UTC 2003

I guess my "win" condition excludes double-talk... I find your answer
without substantive content, essentially a Rodney King statement, "Why can't
we all get along?" Wholesome and true, but not relevant to the questions
Daniel raises.

Fred

> From: "Poor, Edmund W" <Edmund.W.Poor at abc.com>
> Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 09:08:45 -0500
> To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> Subject: RE: [WikiEN-l] Policy on Reversions?
> 
> I think Daniel (maveric) is not really proposing
> a change in policy, so much as he is making a call
> for a more congenial and cooperative attitude.
> 
> Repeatedly reverting others' edits is a pointless
> waste of time and will never resolve controversies
> about facts or points of view (POV). We ought to make
> a distinction, as I think mav has done, between (1)
> taking a firm stand against simple vandalism like
> "you are a poopoo head" and (2) stubbornly insisting
> on "rightness" in a POV dispute.
> 
> Resolution of a dispute requires a mutually agreeable
> outcome, a "win-win" condition. Otherwise, it's
> not stable. We ought to work toward stability by
> clarifying each person's win conditions.
> 
> Ed Poor, aka Uncle Ed
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