Perhaps it would help if we disallowed certain words in block summaries? - Asshole - Fuck - Idiot...
I'm no fan of censorship, but there's no reason these words should be in block summaries at all as far as I can think of. skype: node.ue 2009/2/5 Marc Riddell <[email protected]>: > When will you people finally acknowledge that there is something terribly > wrong with the deteriorating level of discourse occurring in the Projects? > And this trend is certainly not confined to Wikinews. Take a good, objective > look at some of the dialogue occurring on the English Wikipedia. The > atmosphere is becoming angrier and more hostile by the day. > > And, Erik, when I broached this subject in a private email conversation with > you, you never even acknowledged receipt of that email. What would you have > done if we were speaking to each other in person - stare at me in silence? > That, alone, speaks volumes. > > Marc Riddell > > ---------- > From: bawolff <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected], Wikinews mailing list > <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 22:34:14 -0700 > To: Wikinews mailing list <[email protected]> > Subject: [Wikinews-l] Increased incivility at wikinews [en] <warning: > contains rant> > > [I happened to stumble upon what appears to be an aftermath of an edit > war, and am quite disgusted by it. The following is basically a rant > about it, as I'm not really sure how best to bring it up] > > > I've recently noticed a marked increased in incivility between > contributors on Wikinews. I find this really disturbing as it is often > between admins who one would think know better. For example (And I'm > not trying to pick on anyone, these are just some random ones i came > across): > > *"But no, you've gotta be an asshole just like always" > *"A small amount of brain activity would lead to the presumption that > someone in my position knows what they're doing" > *"I suggest you get the fuck off your high horse or get the fuck out of > dodge" > *"they are _MY_ comment sections and _I_ can write what ever the hell _I_ > want." > > Now, I know I am taking these out of context, but to be blunt I don't > care if the context was responding to poop vandalism - It is > incredibly inappropriate for admins to say these things under any > circumstances. If these were new users making these comments, they > would have been blocked in the neighborhood of 2 weeks to a year, > maybe even indefinitely. > > How can we really expect to recruit and retain new contributors, when > this is how the long time contributors are treated? > > -Bawolff > > _______________________________________________ > Wikinews-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikinews-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
