RE: [WikiEN-l] cool it

From: "steven l. rubenstein" <rubenste(a)ohiou.edu> Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org> To: wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org Subject: [WikiEN-l] cool it Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 19:27:03 -0400 I am no one to throw stones, so let's just say that I know perfectly well what it is like to lose my temper and to be unable to fight the urge to use harsh, even insulting language. Fortunately, when this happens there are usually plenty of people who tell me to stop, or even to apologize. Can we please stop using the phrase "rogue admin," especially in the subject space for the e-mail. This isn't about the fact that I think SlimVirgin is a dedicated editor who has added much to Wikipedia. We can discuss questions of improper action, or possible reasons for it, here or more appropriately at the Admin bulletin board, incident report page, whatever. But it doesn't matter who you are talking about. This phrase "rogue admin" is inflammatory, unnecessarily insulting, and has no place at Wikipedia. If we as a community or some body representing the community decides that a sysop should be de-sysopped, okay, we de-sysop the person. But until that happens, they are an administrator. Period. If you don't like what that administrator has done, fine, but focus on the action. And certainly don't go around calling someone a rogue administrator -- this insults the whole community because the person using this phrase is abrogating the authority to decide who is or is not a legitimate administrator. You may not like what they did, you may not like them personally, but as long as they are administrators, call them that, or don't call them anything at all. And for all those who do not like the phrase "rogue admin" or who do not think X deserves to be called rogue admin, please change the subject heading of your e-mail. Will it screw up the thread? Don't worry, anyone going through the archived list-serve will figure it out. Steve Steven L. Rubenstein Associate Professor Department of Sociology and Anthropology Bentley Annex Ohio University Athens, Ohio 45701 _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)Wikipedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l