> The argument that an article about a non-profit can't be an > advertisement is absurd.
Well, yeah. Non-profits can advertise as well. They have that right, if done in the proper place. The difference between a for-profit and non-profit corporations is non-profits, at least in spirit, aren't supposed to make any money. Advertising sometimes *cost* money. Emily On Sep 18, 2009, at 10:02 AM, Amory Meltzer wrote: > I wouldn't exactly call that post "nice." It reads to me like just > another person complaining. The argument that an article about a > non-profit can't be an advertisement is absurd. I recognize that NPPs > should on the whole be nicer to submissions from newer users, but the > overwhelming majority of speedily deleted articles deserve to be so. > I don't understand why anyone would feel so entitled about a > submission to what is essentially somebody else's website. > > ~A > > On Friday, September 18, 2009, Sage Ross <ragesoss > [email protected]> wrote: >> This isn't a new issue by any means, but here's a nice post by >> someone >> who's been contributing occasionally since 2004, about how daunting >> "wikibullying" can be for newbies and other editors who aren't >> well-versed in the procedures and processes. >> >> http://travel-industry.uptake.com/blog/2009/09/04/bullypedia-a-wikipedian-whos-tired-of-getting-beat-up/ >> >> Unfriendliness is built into the system, even when admins and others >> who enforce the rules are perfectly civil and try to be friendly at >> an >> individual level. >> >> -Sage >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikiEN-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l >> > > -- > > ~A > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
