Uh-huh.
Yt. User Htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lars Aronsson" <[email protected]> To: "Wikimedia Commons Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 8:56 PM Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Friendliness > On February 22, this Commons welcome greeting was forwarded: > >> *Please categorize our images !!!* >> You already have been asked by a bot to categorize your images. Therefore >> I >> don't understand why you keep on uploading images without categories. >> Uploading images without categorizing them doesn't make sense. Only >> categorized images can be found! > > This was written (on July 4, 2010) in English by a German. > In my opinion, we should let Germans write software but > not welcome greetings, at least not in English. All of > the worst cases I have seen on Commons have been rude > English messages written by Germans. > > This kind of mastering, "I shall teach you" tone is > not uncommon on the German Wikipedia. When these Germans > come to Commons, they bring the tone and just translate > the words. The result can be disasterous. In the worst > cases, it is magnified through a less then perfect > mastering of English. > > In this case, the same user continues to this day, > with lots of '''boldface''' and exclamation marks: > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Dezidor&diff=prev&oldid=50840295 > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:CostaPPPR&diff=prev&oldid=50827139 > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Obenhausener&diff=prev&oldid=49653412 > > Of course, most Germans are civilian. It's just that > those who aren't, aren't corrected. Civility is > treated just as any random personal property, like > hair colour, and is not seen as an obligation. > > Maybe Wikimedia Deutschland can organize a course > in writing in a civil manner in English. That would be a > real service to the community. > > > -- > Lars Aronsson ([email protected]) > Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se > > > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
