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:One could also say, "Mr. X was banned from FooWiki and BarWiki, with 'disruption' cited as the reason." Mr. X might actually want attention drawn to this, because anyone who looks at the history will see that the accusations were unfounded and that his bans were therefore unjustified (on those grounds, anyway). But someone looking at it only superficially might say "This is an attack article that makes it sound like Mr. X has done a lot of bad stuff" when in reality, all it said was that certain actions were taken based on certain allegations. | :One could also say, "Mr. X was banned from FooWiki and BarWiki, with 'disruption' cited as the reason." Mr. X might actually want attention drawn to this, because anyone who looks at the history will see that the accusations were unfounded and that his bans were therefore unjustified (on those grounds, anyway). But someone looking at it only superficially might say "This is an attack article that makes it sound like Mr. X has done a lot of bad stuff" when in reality, all it said was that certain actions were taken based on certain allegations. | ||
:Also, some users take pride in disrupting wikis. Some RationalWikians, for instance, delight in editing Conservapedia in ways that are unwelcome there, and in bragging about it on their site. Some Encyclopedia Dramaticans (GNAA, I guess it would be) are the same way about their acts of blatant vandalism. Some people, including those who hold a high rank (sysop, bureaucrat, moderator, etc.) on various wikis, think they're doing a good deed with their "lulzworthy" disruption, or their interference with the orderly operation of a site that they think is a bad wiki (i.e. a wiki that doesn't conform to what they think are good standards). | :Also, some users take pride in disrupting wikis. Some RationalWikians, for instance, delight in editing Conservapedia in ways that are unwelcome there, and in bragging about it on their site. Some Encyclopedia Dramaticans (GNAA, I guess it would be) are the same way about their acts of blatant vandalism. Some people, including those who hold a high rank (sysop, bureaucrat, moderator, etc.) on various wikis, think they're doing a good deed with their "lulzworthy" disruption of other sites, or their interference with the orderly operation of a site that they think is a bad wiki (i.e. a wiki that doesn't conform to what they think are good standards). | ||
:The wikisphere has different norms than other communities; there's more tolerance for pulling pranks and being a pest, because anything can be fairly easily reverted. Sockpuppetry is engaged in all the time, without carrying the stigma it would if someone were to be caught deceptively operating under a fake identity in real life. Therefore, accusations of [[don't be a dick|behaving dickishly]] are not such a big a deal, and I think we need not worry so much about exposing the truth, especially when there are contribution histories to prove what we write. In my opinion, we just shouldn't do total hatchet jobs on the one hand, or glowing PR jobs on the other, in those situations in which the truth is somewhere in the middle. [[User:Leucosticte|Leucosticte]] ([[User talk:Leucosticte|talk]]) 20:50, 6 May 2014 (UTC) | :The wikisphere has different norms than other communities; there's more tolerance for pulling pranks and being a pest, because anything can be fairly easily reverted. Sockpuppetry is engaged in all the time, without carrying the stigma it would if someone were to be caught deceptively operating under a fake identity in real life. Therefore, accusations of [[don't be a dick|behaving dickishly]] are not such a big a deal, and I think we need not worry so much about exposing the truth, especially when there are contribution histories to prove what we write. In my opinion, we just shouldn't do total hatchet jobs on the one hand, or glowing PR jobs on the other, in those situations in which the truth is somewhere in the middle. [[User:Leucosticte|Leucosticte]] ([[User talk:Leucosticte|talk]]) 20:50, 6 May 2014 (UTC) | ||