User:NoSeptember/RfA Jimbo quotes

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[edit] Admins

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Part of the reason it's important that people like you become sysops is to help us keep it from being a status thing. It's a technical thing, not a status thing. Or it's supposed to be. But as long as we have a small number of sysops, it's too tempting for "us" to feel that we have to keep a special watch on "them" in a way that's very un-wiki. Being a sysop is only a status thing in the sense that it means that you're trusted not to post obscene material on the homepage, to use certain destructive commands only in accordance with long-established custom, if at all, and that you'll help police against vandals in a gentle and caring way.

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--Jimbo [1]

[edit] Article neutrality

Just in case you might miss it, Jimbo Wales responded in two places to some of your comments on the Cole talk page today. --Ben Houston 22:02, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

And I just wanted to add, Elizmer, that I did not intend to hurt your feelings in any way. You are a good editor and your work on the Cole page has been valuable. It is just that we should all remain very vigilant against the creeping notion that neutrality is best achieved by warring camps. It is incumbent upon all of us, we all have a responsibility, to try to achieve balance in our writing, and the person you were responding to was absolutely right about that. I am sorry I reacted so strongly, but this is an ongoing issue, and something that we have to be particularly firm about at all times, and especially when interacting with newcomers.

Every editor has an obligation to write as neutrally as possible. We should never say "Oh, I don't like this guy, so I will only add negative information, and someone from the other side can be responsible for adding positive information." That is not the way you edit, and that's a good thing! Take pride in it!--Jimbo Wales 23:06, 24 May 2006 (UTC) (2)