Gautam +1
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Gautam John <gau...@prathambooks.org>wrote: > Abdul, honesty is a rare character and it's good to strike a > dissenting note. However, all said and done, a dissenting note based > in fiction is a wasted thing because it lacks a factual basis in which > to assess it. > > > Before i start, I am not a Wikipedia editor. Just someone who knows > several > > of them. > > Ah. The wonders of second hand information. Always notable. > > > None of you seem to be thinking, or else no thinker is replying. > > Perhaps. But your email doesn't seem to indicate that you were either. > > > Hisham is not some war hero that you have to praise him like this. > > If there is anything he has done, it is not praiseworthy. > > Clearly the members who have replied on this list think otherwise. > Myself included. > > > yes, we weill miss him. a lot. who else do we blame for failurs and all > the > > nonsense in the community? > > So you'll miss him because you have someone to blame? If that's the > prism through which you view activity, then you biases are clear. For > we all have clean hands and can cast the first stone. > > > Hisham has done nothing for the community that stands out. all that he > has > > done is what volunters do. > > Sure. Which is why volunteers have thanked him. > > > he runined th english wikipedia with his IEP crap. > > the community is still trying to recover. > > But had the grace and courage to own up to his failures. We could all > learn something from that. > > > Wer'e not happy that you are leaving, but sad, because we won't have > anyone > > to blame. > > Maybe it's time we looked inwards too rather than finding an easy > outside mark to blame? > > I am sure there are more who hold dissenting views and this is a good > time to air them. We can all learn from them. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >
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