I haven't been to wikinews nor participated in the project in roughly two years.
That right there is the reason why. On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:34 PM, bawolff <[email protected]<bawolff%[email protected]> > wrote: > [I happened to stumble upon what appears to be an aftermath of an edit > war, and am quite disgusted by it. The following is basically a rant > about it, as I'm not really sure how best to bring it up] > > > I've recently noticed a marked increased in incivility between > contributors on Wikinews. I find this really disturbing as it is often > between admins who one would think know better. For example (And I'm > not trying to pick on anyone, these are just some random ones i came > across): > > *"But no, you've gotta be an asshole just like always" > *"A small amount of brain activity would lead to the presumption that > someone in my position knows what they're doing" > *"I suggest you get the fuck off your high horse or get the fuck out of > dodge" > *"they are _MY_ comment sections and _I_ can write what ever the hell _I_ > want." > > Now, I know I am taking these out of context, but to be blunt I don't > care if the context was responding to poop vandalism - It is > incredibly inappropriate for admins to say these things under any > circumstances. If these were new users making these comments, they > would have been blocked in the neighborhood of 2 weeks to a year, > maybe even indefinitely. > > How can we really expect to recruit and retain new contributors, when > this is how the long time contributors are treated? > > -Bawolff > > _______________________________________________ > Wikinews-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikinews-l > -- "I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died."
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