The most enjoyable dialogue this morning. Keep up the good work to both of you! John =D
Mark Williamson wrote: > Ray, I appreciate your honesty. I'll agree with you that I was not a > very pleasant presence on the ML. Reading archives from, say, 2005 > makes me cringe. I'm glad that people were not as heavy-handed as they > could (should?) have been in dealing with me at the time. I learned a > great deal about people from this community although I think the bulk > of the "growing up" I've done (so far!) had to be done In Real Life. I > did definitely learn some lasting lessons though and I'm sure I > wouldn't be who I am today without WM although I'm not so active > anymore. > > Mark > > skype: node.ue > > > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Ray Saintonge<[email protected]> wrote: >> Mark Williamson wrote: >>> This is precisely one of the problems that is holding us back. >>> >>> Individual prejudices against younger individuals may have scared >>> younger users away from the project. >>> >>> All in all, I feel that we should basically treat all users the same, >>> regardless of age. If a 15 year old makes good contributions to an >>> article on particle physics but they need a little fixing up, it >>> should be treated the same way as if a 30 year old made the same >>> contribution - fix it. >>> >>> >> When I first encountered you you showed a great capacity to be a pain in >> the ass. You shared that ability with a few others who were already >> well passed their teen years. Your tenacity through all this has been >> commendable, and your continuing presence has had a mellowing effect on >> you. At Wikimania-Frankfurt you were one of the two people that I most >> regretted not having the chance to meet. >> >> Ec >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
