[WikiEN-l] Castro and User:Actionforum (was: The 3RR is an electric fence, not an entitlement.)

Tue Oct 11 14:23:39 UTC 2005

David Gerard replied to Geoff about:

> >> wrote a bunch of stuff about Castro, forgetting that this is 
> >> wikien-l, not bitchaboutcommunistdictatorsofcarribeanislands-l.
> 
> >I've stopped reading his emails here a day or two ago myself 
> -- about 
> >the time I realized that he was repeating himself. Would the list 
> >moderators do us a favor & start reviewing his postings?
> 
> 
> We don't like the big stick 'cos we're really nice, and 
> anyway it resembles work. But I'd certainly ask him to avoid 
> it except as direct examples of the issues to hand, and even 
> then if possible. I don't expect anyone here to particularly 
> agree with anyone else on political or other POVs, but being 
> able to discuss examples without seeming to snap at each 
> other - or edit-warring - is probably essential to writing an 
> NPOV encyclopedia.

We give a lot of attention to users complaining about being 
blocked by administrators for being rude or disorderly, when 
they are actually being nasty and disruptive. What about s
pending some time and energy Writing Articles about dictators 
who imprison or kill people for "disturbing the public order", 
when all they have actually done is protest the corruption of 
the dictator and his cronies?

This is my annual scolding to Wikipedia for being soft on 
Communism:

I am complaining about the pronounced leftist / liberal slant 
in the country and history articles dealing with Communism. 
We have ten times as much material on the Holocaust, even the 
Communism his killed 10 or 20 times as many people! 

"You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs." This is the 
Communist, Marxist-Leninist point of view. Is this an official 
Wikipedia POV?

Let's not dismiss contributor complaints with flippant rhetoric 
like "bitching about". This is not some kid kicking up a fuss 
because mommy took his video game. 

Wikipedia needs to get serious about describing human rights. 

Ed Poor, aka "Uncle Ed"