User talk:The Proposition That
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[edit] Peircing
I think you're too harsh in your attempts to reconcile the Charles Peirce article. More flies with honey, you know. If you take a look at Benkler's breakdown of commons-based peer-production, you'll see that social capital is extremely important, and your unwillingness to invest it (Through your decisions to label certain activities as vandalism even knowing that it would bother other users and your strident tone in supporting your changes — which often include good information) is not an idealistic stand. Wikipedia is no different than any other commons-based peer project, and requires of its volunteers a volunteer ethic. More often than not, if you calm down, extend the olive branch and be the bigger person, it is not actually a sign of weakness but a sign of strength. Elijahmeeks 16:40, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Dear Elijahmeeks, I appreciate the spirit of your remarks, but there are many aspects of the current situation and its history of which I am guessing you are unaware. A number of false accusations have been made. From the information available to me I know that they are false, but some of the actors in this drama are unwilling to consider even the possibility that they may be wrong. In the meantime, acts have been taken on the basis of these charges: (1) acts that are destructive to the article, in ways that violate foundational principles of Wikipedia, The Five Pillars, just for starters, and (2) acts that grossly disrespect the contributions of many, many previous editors. Until those errors are reversed, there can be no hope of truly collaborative work. The Proposition That 17:04, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Everything I know I learned in grade school, and mucking through the old archives on the whole Awbrey mess. But I find that my lack of knowing the precedents is often a strength, as I've got no axe to grind. I've read your contributions and they seem to be lucid and I've read the complaints of others and they seem to be lucid, as well. It's like that old, sad song: There ain't no good guys and there ain't no bad guys. I'm not particularly Wikipedia-community minded but, in this case, I figured I'd throw in my pair of pesetas. Elijahmeeks 18:11, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
There's nobody here but us humans — 'cept for the bots — there will be a Turing Test at mid-semester, but in the meantime we will simply have to WP:AH (Assume Humanity ⇒ Ergo Error). So I don't know if making a mistake makes anyboty a BadGuy/Gal/Bot. But the mistake only gets compounded if one cannot accept and correct it. FYI, there are at least 3 independent Peirce scholars/students active on the Peirce article at present, with more than 60 years of cumulative experience reading and discussing Peirce's work. It's a crying shame that they have to waste time redoing the good work that they have already done and fighting these procedural battles instead of working to improve the article. The Proposition That 18:30, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
