This seems a lot like Rob trying to read into what is written to him, which is what you normally do, when talking to an autistic person who is usually quite literal. You two seem to be talking right past each other.
Okay, so I know I'm the absentee administrator/bureaucrat here, so this is going to sound a little lame coming from me but: The wiki isn't that important. In the scheme of things it's a place we talk about pop culture. And culture is important, as is literary criticism, but gosh here we are fighting over low-content pages to assert principles that aren't even that important. There's like no objectively right way to run things, we do it the best we can. I wrote the policies to internally oppose each other on purpose because of that. Moreover, you are not the only person protecting the wiki.
Geth, thanks for walking away. You didn't need to leave the parting shots; please don't do that again. Rob, you need to walk away for a while. I'm not going to force you to do it. I wrote a section in our policy about what to do about conflict based on our experiences and best practice over at Davis Wiki. In some ways, that was easier because we all lived in the same place so you could actually go talk to someone in person, but it also meant offline conduct spread online. But the main thing is getting angry on the internet rarely solves any problem, and just makes yourself miserable. Actually, it makes other people miserable too.
Here's something I read recently in Facebook is other people:
I'm not really sure why I'm sharing that exactly, other than to say that the misery is real and we need to understand that in each other. And that the answer isn't likely to be found online, but with reflection on what is really important.
I ask the people involved in this to take some time off, as much as you need. It will all be here when you get back. And please read and try to understand the other person's opinion. You don't have to respond now. The wiki is not very important, not compared to the people who participate. You are far more important.
Okay, so I know I'm the absentee administrator/bureaucrat here, so this is going to sound a little lame coming from me but: The wiki isn't that important. In the scheme of things it's a place we talk about pop culture. And culture is important, as is literary criticism, but gosh here we are fighting over low-content pages to assert principles that aren't even that important. There's like no objectively right way to run things, we do it the best we can. I wrote the policies to internally oppose each other on purpose because of that. Moreover, you are not the only person protecting the wiki.
Geth, thanks for walking away. You didn't need to leave the parting shots; please don't do that again. Rob, you need to walk away for a while. I'm not going to force you to do it. I wrote a section in our policy about what to do about conflict based on our experiences and best practice over at Davis Wiki. In some ways, that was easier because we all lived in the same place so you could actually go talk to someone in person, but it also meant offline conduct spread online. But the main thing is getting angry on the internet rarely solves any problem, and just makes yourself miserable. Actually, it makes other people miserable too.
Here's something I read recently in Facebook is other people:
Quote:Millions of Americans are miserable. The internet has “gotten worse” because Americans are not ok. Near-universal internet access means that there are immiserated, lonely people spending many hours a day online. The breakdown in the social fabric, climbing "prime-age" unemployment and high rates of addiction and mental illness manifest themselves in our mutually-constructed online spaces. There is a misery that wants to make itself known--to inflict itself on the world--that social media enables. We are reaping what we've sown; the interconnectedness enabled by the internet and the gains from open communication/cooperation cannot succeed while so many are left behind.
I'm not really sure why I'm sharing that exactly, other than to say that the misery is real and we need to understand that in each other. And that the answer isn't likely to be found online, but with reflection on what is really important.
I ask the people involved in this to take some time off, as much as you need. It will all be here when you get back. And please read and try to understand the other person's opinion. You don't have to respond now. The wiki is not very important, not compared to the people who participate. You are far more important.
"Kitto daijoubu da yo." - Sakura Kinomoto