[WikiEN-l] When goals conflict: There is no "right" for everyoneto edit Wiki

El C el.ceeh at gmail.com
Wed Feb 23 23:51:50 UTC 2005


When one editor sees another not as human but as sub-human,
intrinsically and irreversibly, such a dialogue, though it might find
formal expression, is a caricature by any stretch.

>The hardest thing with Wikipedia is to realize that two editors with
>diametrically opposite views both still are humans, and still can be
>reasonable people. Denying that your opponent is also human is a grave
>error and leads to lots of bad things happening in the world.

>For an example of a well-behaved, NPOV-writing nazi (albeit a convert)
>see Spandau: The Secret Diaries by Albert Speer.



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