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

Thu Feb 24 01:08:32 UTC 2005

Certain religions and ideologies systematically devalue most of humanity.
Wikipedia policies are a sustained assault against that frame of mind.

Fred

> From: El C <el.ceeh at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: El C <el.ceeh at gmail.com>, English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:51:50 -0500
> To: wikien-l at wikipedia.org
> Subject: [WikiEN-l] When goals conflict: There is no "right" for everyoneto
> edit Wiki
> 
> 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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