Hi Michael, On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:16:58 +0100 Michael Maggs <mich...@maggs.name> wrote:
> Anyone with even a passing familiarity with the notice boards on Commons, or > who is subscribed to this mailing list, will be aware of a huge, wide-ranging > and unfocused set of disputes and ill-natured arguments that have been raging > for several months. The disputes are becoming more and more intemperate, and > the positions of some editors more and more entrenched. While a few > contributors have tried hard to pull the community back to constructive > discussion and have made sensible suggestions, their comments have been > drowned out in the noise. > > We need to stop now and focus not on stating a re-stating positions, but on > making definite and constructive proposals for ways in which these issues can > be fixed. The discussion on this list has been non-productive for some time, > and I suggest that editors should drop discussion there and should focus > attention on the discussion on Commons: > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Disputes_relating_to_URAA.2C_policy.2C_Israeli_images.2C_and_behaviour > > Michael. here's a piece of advice. After I ran into this article on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_effect and the corresponding "Golem effect", it changed my life for the better. Reading from it: [ QUOTE ] The Pygmalion effect, or Rosenthal effect, is the phenomenon whereby the greater the expectation placed upon people, the better they perform.[1] The effect is named after the Greek myth of Pygmalion. A corollary of the Pygmalion effect is the golem effect, in which low expectations lead to a decrease in performance.[1] The Pygmalion effect and the golem effect are forms of self-fulfilling prophecy. People will take the belief they have of themselves and attribute traits of the belief with themselves and their work. This will lead them to perform closer to these expectations that they set for themselves. Within sociology, the effect is often cited with regard to education and social class. [ / QUOTE ] After reading this, I decided that I will have high expectations of improvement from *anyone* and any community, and will practise it. So maybe some people should try to apply it in this case as well. Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Heaven_%28film%29 . Best regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Optimising Code for Speed - http://shlom.in/optimise When Chuck Norris disses your product, it’s not good publicity, even though you can bet he’ll get the name right. — http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/facts/Chuck-Norris/ Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
