OMG I MET ROBERT I LUV HIM SO is disruptive. "Does anyone know where he was educated? It isn't listed" is potentially helpful. And so on.
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 1:44 AM, Ray Saintonge <[email protected]> wrote: > Oliver Keyes wrote: > > Agreed. A good example; on the English Wikipedia, I'm a massive law nerd > > with 40-something legal GAs and FAs to my name. I'd never even have > studied > > the subject if it wasn't for a group of Wikipedians, some of whom have > later > > helped me with or collaborated on articles. The importance of social > > interaction cannot be understated, and it's why I have no truck with some > of > > the more severe "OMG WIKIPEDIA IS NOT MYSPACE" people. People come here > to > > build a collaborative encyclopaedia, yes, not to socially interact - but > the > > key word there is "collaborative". Social contact is inevitable and > > incredibly helpful to us as a community; hells, it's what *makes us* a > > community and not just a hundred thousand people who independently agree > > that Wikipedia is nifty. > One of the more annoying of the anti-social species is the kind that > becomes annoyed when talk page comments wander a little off topic, and > claim that this is contrary to the talk page's single purpose of > improving what's in article space. The improvement to the article from > these off topic comments may be somewhat oblique, but it can improve > one's understanding of the topic and of the person commenting. > > Ray > > _______________________________________________ > 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
