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> Should valued contributers be treated differently?
mbz1
post Sun 25th December 2011, 8:24pm
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I find this comment interesting:

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If I was the boss of a company, I wouldn't fire my best employee for pissing off everyone else, especially if he or she actually gets shit done. Let's face it: Malleus is worth more to Wikipedia than five admins.

Why not let Malleus have immunity because of his usefulness? Is calling someone a cunt (even if regularly done over several years) that bad, considering this is the Internet?

If someone leaves Wikipedia "because" of Malleus, it's their choice.


Fetchcomms is mistaking: Malleus is worth more to Wikipedia than at least a hundred admins, probably more, but does it mean Malleus and other valued editors should be treated differently than not so valued, but good faith editors?

I have no answer to this question, but I would like to hear what others think about this matter. Thanks.

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post Wed 28th December 2011, 1:28am
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mbz1   Should valued contributers be treated differently?   Sun 25th December 2011, 8:24pm
jd turk   Fetchcomms is mistaking: Malleus is worth more to...   Sun 25th December 2011, 8:47pm
Eppur si muove   Fetchcomms is mistaking: Malleus is worth more to...   Sun 25th December 2011, 10:42pm
Herschelkrustofsky   If one takes seriously Wikipedia's mission t...   Mon 26th December 2011, 3:59pm
Eppur si muove   If one takes seriously Wikipedia's mission ...   Mon 26th December 2011, 6:27pm
Fusion   Is there not a very important rule, namely WP:IAR?...   Sun 25th December 2011, 11:04pm
mbz1   I meant neither vandals nor trolls. I meant only g...   Mon 26th December 2011, 6:03am
Peter Damian   I meant neither vandals nor trolls. I meant only ...   Mon 26th December 2011, 10:00am
jd turk   For example, let's say Malleus who wrote many...   Mon 26th December 2011, 4:50pm
Peter Damian   It's a hive. It doesn't need a few really...   Mon 26th December 2011, 5:04pm
mbz1   It's a hive. It doesn't need a few reall...   Mon 26th December 2011, 5:13pm
Eppur si muove   Wikipedia's treatment of valued contributors ...   Mon 26th December 2011, 6:33pm
mbz1   Wikipedia's treatment of valued contributors...   Mon 26th December 2011, 6:59pm
Eppur si muove   [quote name='Eppur si muove' post='291677' date='...   Mon 26th December 2011, 7:27pm
Peter Damian   I find [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?t...   Mon 26th December 2011, 9:56am
Kelly Martin   Content authors, cantankerous or not, do not add m...   Mon 26th December 2011, 3:39pm
melloden   Content authors, cantankerous or not, do not add ...   Mon 26th December 2011, 4:23pm
mbz1   Content authors, cantankerous or not, do not add...   Mon 26th December 2011, 4:47pm
Eppur si muove   [quote name='melloden' post='291659' date='Mon 26...   Mon 26th December 2011, 7:12pm
Kelly Martin   Content authors don't mean much to the WMF, bu...   Mon 26th December 2011, 6:00pm
TungstenCarbide   [quote name='melloden' post='291659' date='Mon 26...   Mon 26th December 2011, 6:24pm
Malleus   Simply put, Wikipedia doesn't really want good...   Mon 26th December 2011, 6:29pm
EricBarbour   Simply put, Wikipedia doesn't really want good...   Mon 26th December 2011, 8:49pm
victim of censorship   [quote name='Kelly Martin' post='291670' date='Mo...   Mon 26th December 2011, 9:11pm
Ottava   People who don't work on the encyclopedia have...   Mon 26th December 2011, 7:33pm
Malleus   People who don't work on the encyclopedia hav...   Mon 26th December 2011, 7:47pm
mbz1   People who don't work on the encyclopedia ha...   Tue 27th December 2011, 3:16am
jd turk   Dumping all the administrators and removing the G...   Tue 27th December 2011, 3:29am
Kelly Martin   "The police and government aren't doing e...   Tue 27th December 2011, 4:11am
jd turk   "The police and government aren't doing ...   Tue 27th December 2011, 4:26am
mbz1   "The police and government aren't doing ...   Tue 27th December 2011, 4:28am
Tarc   [quote name='Kelly Martin' post='291728' date='Tu...   Tue 27th December 2011, 4:34am
jd turk   What about when valued contributors are also trol...   Tue 27th December 2011, 5:28am
Wikifan   this. secondly, who the hell is Malleus? And i...   Tue 27th December 2011, 5:42am
melloden   wikipedia isn't going anywhere. if you can...   Tue 27th December 2011, 6:00am
jd turk   You assume that profanity is bad. Some people use...   Tue 27th December 2011, 6:17am
Wikifan   wikipedia isn't going anywhere. if you can...   Tue 27th December 2011, 6:33am
Tarc   this. You do realize that my statement was a...   Tue 27th December 2011, 3:29pm
mbz1   this. You do realize that my statement was ...   Tue 27th December 2011, 3:49pm
Vigilant   [quote name='Tarc' post='291756' date='Tue 27th D...   Tue 27th December 2011, 4:18pm
mbz1   [quote name='Tarc' post='291756' date='Tue 27th ...   Tue 27th December 2011, 4:21pm
melloden   [quote name='mbz1' post='291757' date='Tue 27th D...   Tue 27th December 2011, 4:29pm
Peter Damian   If some quiet article-writer like User:Sasata cal...   Tue 27th December 2011, 4:36pm
Tarc   [quote name='melloden' post='291761' date='Tue 27...   Tue 27th December 2011, 7:20pm
mbz1   [quote name='mbz1' post='291757' date='Tue 27th ...   Tue 27th December 2011, 4:41pm
Tarc   [quote name='Tarc' post='291756' date='Tue 27th D...   Thu 29th December 2011, 3:49am
mbz1   [quote name='mbz1' post='291757' date='Tue 27th D...   Thu 29th December 2011, 4:33am
victim of censorship   Well, if a self-admitted asshole alleges that my ...   Thu 29th December 2011, 4:07pm
Tarc   Well, if a self-admitted asshole alleges that my...   Fri 30th December 2011, 12:10am
victim of censorship   [quote name='victim of censorship' post='291955' ...   Sat 31st December 2011, 12:57am
Cunningly Linguistic   Difficult to edit when users create a climate o...   Tue 27th December 2011, 4:48pm
mbz1   Difficult to edit when users create a climate ...   Tue 27th December 2011, 4:52pm
Herschelkrustofsky   I see nothing wrong in calling someone a cunt......   Wed 28th December 2011, 3:27am
Ottava   Until Wikipedia gets a Batman, that's not a s...   Tue 27th December 2011, 4:36am
thekohser   Until Wikipedia gets a Batman, that's not a ...   Tue 27th December 2011, 4:47am
Peter Damian   There has been a lot of discussion about Malleus a...   Tue 27th December 2011, 4:59pm
gomi   here.]   Wed 28th December 2011, 1:28am
Cunningly Linguistic   As my comment to get back on topic got mixed in wi...   Wed 28th December 2011, 1:54am
that one guy   I think "valued contributers" (sic) is a...   Wed 28th December 2011, 3:39pm
Detective   It's no better to me than an admin who flouts...   Wed 28th December 2011, 9:36pm
that one guy   It's no better to me than an admin who flout...   Wed 28th December 2011, 10:13pm
Wikifan   get bent tarc. just because editors have failed...   Thu 29th December 2011, 4:37am
Tarc   Well, if a self-admitted asshole alleges that my b...   Thu 29th December 2011, 3:43pm
Wikifan   Well, if a self-admitted asshole alleges that my ...   Thu 29th December 2011, 10:26pm
mbz1   Is this a response to the question of this thread?...   Thu 29th December 2011, 11:29pm
victim of censorship   Is it only me, but did the above quote remind to s...   Thu 29th December 2011, 11:47pm
mbz1   Is it only me, but did the above quote remind to ...   Fri 30th December 2011, 12:07am
Eppur si muove   WRers who are confused about how certain words are...   Fri 30th December 2011, 1:37am
mbz1   Here's a letter published in the Economist   Sat 31st December 2011, 3:58am
Maetu   I would say no. Only because we have no idea what ...   Mon 23rd January 2012, 8:27am

 

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