[WikiEN-l] Exit Interview -- Jon Awbrey

Sun Jun 18 13:36:17 UTC 2006

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post 2.

incorporating responses to:

CM = Charles Matthews

CM:  Yes, editing WP doesn't suit everybody.
And it is possible to leave, without feeling
a need to blacken its reputation.

the resistance to facing unpleasant realities is perfectly human
and thorougly understandable, but real situations do not improve
unless people squarely face the gap between ideals and realities.
i am not such a newbie on planet earth that i have not faced
constant disappointment and near-utter discouragement on
a recurring basis, and i have survived long enough on
planet earth to know that there is nothing for it,
when the transient pain has passed, but to salvage
what lessons can be learned from the experience.

so, yes, it will be necessary in this parting feedback
to recount a number of negative turns of events that
i have experienced during my sojourn in wikipedia.
but the purpose of examining these incidentals
is to find some means of learning from them.

when CM says "editing WP doesn't suit everybody"
does he mean WP the ideal, the ideals of WP,
as set forth in its policies and guidelines,
or does he mean WP the reality, its de facto
way of operating in reality?

that is the question.

jon awbrey

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