[WikiEN-l] Re: Anent Dartmouth, Again

Sat Aug 28 05:11:32 UTC 2004

On 28 Aug 2004, at 06:21, wikien-l-request at Wikipedia.org wrote:

> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:34:16 -0700
> From: Michael Snow <wikipedia at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [WikiEN-l] Re: Anent Dartmouth, Again
>
> Jens Ropers wrote:
>
>>> I guess I've learned that this
>>> ideal of pluralism, tolerance, & mutual respect isn't even that
>>> strongly
>>> held within the Wikipedia community.
>>>
>>> Geoff
>>
>> Quite to the contrary, it absolutely is. What makes you think 
>> otherwise?
>
> Maybe the constant lecturing and rather hostile attitudes proceeding
> forth from both sides of this debate?

Admittedly I'm not perfect and whether someone feels attacked or 
lectured to depends on a message's recipient as well.
However, I do feel that I did not lecture but plead and also feel that 
I did not engage in hostile behaviour.

> Fortunately, although these flare-ups are regrettably common, they also
> gradually fade away. Hopefully with a little time for reflection, and
> after we all resume a calmer mode of discussion, Geoff will find that
> the ideals he cherishes are still alive and well.
>
> --Michael Snow

SUPPORT. ~~~~

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