[WikiEN-l] Arbcom has completely lost its mind

Tue Feb 14 08:47:15 UTC 2006

On 2/13/06, Geoff Burling <lywrch at agora.rdrop.com> wrote:
> While that is probably the mature thing to do, I've found that there is
> a psychological cost to constantly running away from fights. And that
> leads to the impulsive decision to stay & get involved in some truly
> stupid fights over content. I tell myself that I'm following my strategy --
> even if I end up following Steve's -- in the hope my ego won't see it
> as a retreat.

It depneds how you look at it. By completely abandoning one article to
the stubborn, I can do some productive work on ten others.

Sort of like how a politician can spend all day arguing with one
person who probably won't vote for them anyway, or spend it talking to
100 undecideds.

Steve