[WikiEN-l] Plea for civility (was: Prudishness and censorship)

Tue Apr 19 18:49:51 UTC 2005

BJörn Lindqvist told somebody:
> ... you are clueless and prejudiced. One of the most 
> important rules of rhethorics is that you should not 
> generalise about groups that may be present in the audience 
> unless you are ABSOLUTELY SURE that you represent them. 

Ahem. One of the most important rules of mailing list 
discussions is that you should not insult other participants 
in the discussion. Let's all avoid rhetoric like "clueless" 
or "prejudiced" when describing one another; or, better, try 
not to make *any* personal remarks at all.

Thank you.

Ed Poor
Former Mailing List Admin
Wikipedia Bureaucrat
(and general pain in the neck ;-)  