QUOTE(Kato @ Thu 22nd May 2008, 4:26pm)
QUOTE(Lar @ Thu 22nd May 2008, 9:11pm)
But I've effected more change there (and had more fun there, for most definitions of "fun") than you have.
Lar, you talk about "editing within the rules". Ignore all rules. And does anyone think that Filll, Felonius Monk and others were editing within any rules? Of course they weren't. They were edit warring, not assuming good faith, not applying NPOV, not adhering to the basic tenets of BLP, blocking people they were engaging in disputes with etc etc. How on earth is anyone expected to figure out what rules to follow in that environment?
Ya that behaviour is a problem. But that behaviour is the exception, not the norm. That is not to say that the behaviours you describe are acceptable, they are not. But they are outside the rules. The rules are not that hard to figure out, really. My wife has been reverted, I think, once, and never ever got into an edit war, much less ever been blocked. She has fun, and she does good work. It's possible to edit happily and peacefully.
Do you have to be a happy editor at WP to have a fun life? Heck, no, there are lots of other things to do in the world. But if you want to be a happy editor you have to act like the 5 pillars apply to you, even if others don't in your view, always do so. This is not at all unusual, we have bad people in real life but you don't see people saying "I don't understand the rules of driving" just because someone runs a red light in front of them.
Do with that what you will.
Oh and Jon, given how hard it is to write on Velveeta®, and that it is harder for smaller letters than for larger one, where can I get a slice of Velveeta big enough to inscribe all that stuff???