Thank you. I wholeheartedly agree with your point, and hope that we can find the courage to remind each other of this more often. Small, early reminders can go a long way towards avoiding a gradual erosion of boundaries.
Gabriel On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Denny Vrandecic <dvrande...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Thanks. I also got reminded about that a few times, recently. I would love > this to be more reflected upon. > > > On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 3:49 PM, Keegan Peterzell <keegan.w...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> There's a quote popularly attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt: >> >> "Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds >> discuss people."[0] >> >> Now, I'm not calling any particular people small minded, nor am I >> suggesting we stop talking about issues. What I am suggesting is that we >> talk about issues, and not people. The axe grinding and personal >> denigrations are being pushed further and further to the limits during this >> turmoil, and I humbly ask that it stop, and that moderation is used if >> needed to do so. I'll have no sympathy for those who wish to continue to go >> after fellow human beings for political gain. >> >> 0. http://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/11/18/great-minds/ >> >> -- >> ~Keegan >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan >> >> This is my personal email address. Everything sent from this email address >> is in a personal capacity. >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Gabriel Wicke Principal Engineer, Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
