2013/5/13 Keegan Peterzell <[email protected]>
> On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 2:03 AM, James Alexander <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 12:00 AM, Peter Southwood < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Lets get a few things in perspective: > > > 1. How many community members were abusive/unreasonable/whatever beyond > > > what might be considered a startle reaction to an apparent attack > without > > > warning? > > > 2 How many people constitute this community > > > Divide answer 1 by answer 2 > > > > > > Consider how much of the response was a snowball effect of frustration > > due > > > to a distinct shortage of explanation and direct answers to what might > be > > > considered reasonable questions. > > > > > > And yes, "Welcome to Wikipedia " > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Peter > > > > > > > 2 is an unreasonable number to divide by when it's such a small cross > > section of the actual community on these lists. > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > > That's a bit relative, James. The active folk on this mailing list make > for a pretty good cross section of thoughts/feelings/opinions of the > movement. I've refrained from this discussion and will continue to do so > on specifics, because it's politics and that's not something I do on > Wikipedia/Wikimedia. > > Things have been said in this discussion that I agree with, things have > been said that I do not agree with. All in all, my opinion is not needed > because it has been expressed by others, and I do not feel compelled to say > my side. This is where we speak and we listen, and it is disheartening to > read that you feel embarrassed to be from the community when you have to > explain "drama" to them. > > These threads bring out the best and the worst in Wikimedians, for certain, > but it's all out of cause of passion. We're here because we care, no > matter the pattern or the tone of conversations. This is a global > audience, intelligent, collaborative, and willing to learn. The Wikimedia > Foundation is global, intelligent, and I assume good faith about > collaboration and willingness to learn. Gayle's email reflects her opinion > on getting this concept and working with it in the future, and I'm happy > with that. > > All in all, I guess I just agree with Phoebe. > > -- > ~Keegan > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
