[Noisebridge-discuss] common courtesy: logging into wiki / not editing user pages

[Erik Nelson]

On other Wikis, if it wasn't obvious (enough), it is (considered)
unexcellent to edit the userpages of others.

I don't know why I'm fueling this, boredom, probably..

Does the wiki even have guidelines to prevent edit/flame wars?

On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Patrick Keys <citizenkeys at gmail.com>wrote:

> I didn't insult your wife at all.  You told me, off-list, that you
> edited my page because something on my page annoyed you.
>
> My response to that, to make a point, was to indicate that just because
> something annoyed me personally didn't make it alright to go editing a
> page.
>
> To clarify this drama: a picture of Zedd and his hot wife BJ are at the
> top of the Kitchen page.  I removed their picture to make a point
> because Zedd thought it necessary to edit my personal userpage to remove
> some things I have listed there and consider to be accomplishments.
>
> I consider it to be an accomplishment if I start something new.  Some of
> what i consider to be accomplishments are still works-in-progress.  I
> didn't just create the "Apps" wiki page.  I wrote the first three
> versions of the Noisebridge android app.  I also:
> * setup the Snack fund,
> * buy the $50 or so of snacks each week to keep the snack fund running,
> * bought the labels to print the project labels All designed,
> * and also did several improvements to the bathrooms.
>
> Seriously, give me a break.
>
>
> Patrick
>
>
>
> On 2/19/2011 11:46 PM, Zedd Epstein wrote:
> > Come on Patrick, it's not nice trying to rile me up off list. Everyone
> > knows I'm an asshole, you don't need to make me look like I'm even more
> > easily excitable. Also, insulting my wife is a dick move.
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Patrick Keys <citizenkeys at gmail.com
> > <mailto:citizenkeys at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     In editing the kitchen page, i intentionally kept the picture of you
> >     and your chick at the top.  Guess I'll remove that since it's
> >     fucking annoys me.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >     On 2/19/2011 11:29 PM, Zedd Epstein wrote:
> >
> >         So according to the history of the page:
> >
> >         I see a total of 5 edits to your page. 2 of them are very well
> >         explained. I did one of the other ones because to me your list of
> >         "accomplishments" makes it look like you have done a lot of work
> >         that
> >         you actually just created a wiki page on. It looks like the last
> >         2 were
> >         someone agreeing with me.
> >
> >         Noisebridge is a hackerspace. Get used to people wanting and
> needing
> >         anonymity. I get that you feel like you're being attacked, and
> you
> >         probably are. You're very vocal, and come across as really
> >         abnormally
> >         rude in your emails. All I've read from you is curt emails about
> how
> >         we're doing things wrong and you know a better way. It's fucking
> >         annoying.
> >
> >         On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Patrick Keys
> >         <citizenkeys at gmail.com <mailto:citizenkeys at gmail.com>
> >         <mailto:citizenkeys at gmail.com <mailto:citizenkeys at gmail.com>>>
> >         wrote:
> >
> >             somebody the last few days has made several
> >         less-than-excellent changes
> >             to the wiki, including my user page.  that by itself
> >         wouldn't bother me
> >             except whoever is doing it doesn't even have the balls to at
> >         least login
> >             to the wiki before editing pages.  there's also numerous
> >         other instances
> >             of people making less-than-excellent edits to the wiki
> without
> >             logging in.
> >
> >             i have emailed the rack list to discuss the possibility of
> >         requiring
> >             users to login to the wiki before making page edits.  i'm
> >         also raising
> >             the issue here because this affects everybody.
> >
> >
> >             Patrick
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