Re: wiki "abuse"

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Aug 10, 2010, 09:09 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.1008101059590.2983@bonsai2>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinzyv96Dv1cDS4EE2F35A7PTcesAAx+BL+6wfX+@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Tue, 10 Aug 2010, Daniele Segato wrote:

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> On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Johannes Schindelin
> <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> > When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Going about in Rome, spitting
> > everywhere, is rude, even if it is considered polite in your home country.
> 
> This is racist.
> 
> I'm Italian, I can't say I love my country or my people manners but 
> nowhere here "spitting everywhere" is considered polite, nor everybody 
> does that.

You completely missed the point. You assumed that I said spitting everywhere is what Romans do. In fact, I said the opposite.

And you missed the point even more completely: there are societies, where spitting is not considered rude. If you are there, and you consider this rude, you are in for trouble.

So you missed the point utterly, therefore I repeat it here in more clear 
English: if you want to add a page as you do everywhere else in the 
internet also on the Git Wiki, then look around first, and see if others 
have behaved about the same. If not, don't (unless you are 
super-optimistic that your inflammatory self-promotion will gain you many 
friends). This is basic etiquette, not only in the nets.

As for the accusation that there was no explanation: this is false. I did not want to address this accusation because it is so plainly ridiculous, but it seems that everybody and her dog thinks "yes, Dscho is such a nasty person, he would do that, so let's assume that the other guy did not lie". In effect, all who keep this thread alive, reinforcing the accusations, getting emotional and stuff, are feeding the troll. And making sure that the task of keeping the Git Wiki clean is as undesirable as [censored].

So, sure, keep on going with this thread. I'm done.