[WikiEN-l] Page delete request.

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They aren't incompatible in the real world.


Date sent:      	Sun, 24 Apr 2005 09:54:45 -0700
From:           	Sean Barrett <sean at epoptic.org>
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> You claim that you wish to help produce an encyclopedia, yet wish to 
> avoid joining our community. These are mutually exclusive wishes, at 
> least if Wikipedia is the encyclopedia you wish to help produce.
> 
> We will not allow you to fulfill both at the same time.
> 
> 
> 
> John Bradley stated for the record:
> 
> > Free will and being able to control you sub conscious and it's needs are not 
> > the same thing at all.
> > 
> > The idea of lowering myself to the level of the average wikipedian is not 
> > appealing. That most of them don't appear to be hear for Wikipedias stated 
> > aims but for some other aims. I do not wish to join the "Wikipedia 
> > community", I wish to help produce an encyclopedia, and seeing as one of 
> > the most annoying features of wikipedians is their tendrncy to claim to 
> > speak for everyone in the community when try to brow beat. I have no 
> > intention of bolstering  the numbers they can claim to command/speak for.
> > 
> > The idea of losing my integrity and taking part in a ritual is unpleasant, and 
> > as far as I can tell that's what this is.
> > 
> > I find talk to Matt very difficult as he seems to forget everything from email 
> > to the next.
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		Yours

		John Bradley

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