On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 02:51:24PM -0800, Elliott F. Cable wrote:
I don't think Timwi got up on the wrong side of
the bed - at least,
not him specifically. I think this entire mailing list needs some de-
toxification - Just don't worry about personal stuff. Original
poster, you should PROBABLY have thought out your comment a bit
before posting it, although I understand it totally - what you meant
to say is that this is a majorly english list and that it will be
EASIER for us to help the user in the most comprehensive way possible
if he could try to phrase his request in said language. Timwi, what
he said was not completely the nicest way to greet a non-english
MediaWiki user, but scolding him in a public list was not the
solution. Jay - don't label him as an arguer; he isn't. He was
angered by the (appearantly) unfriendly treatment of a new poster to
the list - as you could be in another circumstance; let him be! And
Chad, think for a moment about what was going through Timwi's mind
when he replied - we don't always have the chance to fully think
things through before we speak, and a mailing list is no different.
That notion that he got up on the wrong side of the bed today arose
because this is not the only thread in which he has apparently assumed
bad faith from the beginning in response to others' commentary. This
isn't meant to provoke further discussion, only to indicate my thinking
on the matter. Since misunderstanding is probably the biggest
contributor to excess heat, I figure additional understanding of my
perspective might come in handy.
No insult or other negative connotation is intended. It's more a case
of wanting to prompt others to assume good faith when possible. A
single incidence would not have prompted me to comment thusly: multiple
incidents, however, make me think a comment might help to cause people
to think more before posting to the list. I don't want an attempt to
halt potential arguing in this thread to prevent that from getting
across, when the intent is to reduce unnecessary arguing in more threads
than just this one.
--
Chad Perrin [ CCD CopyWrite |
http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
print substr("Just another Perl hacker", 0, -2);