Rotem Dan wrote:
Ok, then what is the prefered course of action on
these matters?
"Edit this page" :-)
It's good to be sensitive and kind to the work of others, and to try
on talk pages to be understanding and accomodating. And it's also
good to "Be bold in updating pages". Somewhere in the tension between
those two lies the genuis of wikipedia.
I am beginning to think these are just defects
inherited from mistreatment in the early days of
wikipedia.
I wouldn't use the word "mistreatment", but it's certainly true that
Wikipedia can be improved, and in some areas it can be markedly
improved with a little bit of effort.
I've had problems implementing my suggestions on
the
cultural issues (see earlier posts) in wikipedia's
policies, maybe because I think this will look like
concealed politically correctness, I don't know.
A love for the task at hand, and the fundamental and unshakable
convention that the bulk of Wikipedia participants want to do the
right thing will carry us all a long way.
Earlier, you posted in anger with what appeared to me to be a basic
assumption that we're trying to be biased or sucky or something. Such
an approach -- leading with hostility rather than love -- tends to
raise hackles unnecessarily. We're all guilty of it on occassion --
no big deal. I'm just making a recommendation here. :-)
--Jimbo