[WikiEN-l] Response to Jack Lynch

Thu Jun 3 11:26:38 UTC 2004

Re: "I don't feel 172 is reliable in regards to contentious issues"

Why? Are you able to offer any evidence from my user history that I have 
insisted on the contribution of material that is inaccurate? If so, I'd 
appreciate it if you brought it to my attention, as I emphatically oppose 
the addition of dubious content on Wikipedia.

That's what I do. How would you like it if I made that claim about you on 
the mailing list? To take this on the mailing list with no basis for making 
this claim, in a context that knowingly will diminish a user's credibility 
among a wide readership to me is the most debasing form of attack there is. 
These kinds of statements might be superficially "civil" in tone, but 
they're the remarks that truly do the most to spread mistrust and animosity 
among Wikipedia users.

When I make off the cuff remarks on talk pages, they're brushed off and 
dismissed, as they should be. But the remarks that truly impugn a user's 
credibility and integrity aren't. But perhaps that was your point.

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