[Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia moderators and moral authority (was Re: Repost: clear guidelines and the power to enforce)

Sun Nov 10 17:23:02 UTC 2002

erik_moeller at gmx.de wrote:

>>2) stop being so literal and obstinate on the "Hitler has only..." page
>>(where everynoe so far disagrees with TMC's interpretation of the
>>principles of copyright)
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>I agree here. Do not judge TMC because of his behavior on that page alone,  
>though. He has made quite a few perfectly valid contributions, and in this  
>matter, he simply disagrees with the majority, and has presented arguments  
>to make his case. I think these arguments are wrong, but hard security  
>would not get us anywhere.
>
>This is an edit conflict where I think voting would be an appropriate  
>conflict resolution mechanism. First, however, we should try restoring the  
>original version after waiting for a few days.
>
Well I'd LIKE to except TMC will come gallumphing back and delete the 
lyrics again.