Oliver is Lir II (Re: [Wikipedia-l] This whole Lir and Americanization thing)

Mon Nov 25 14:34:58 UTC 2002

Oliver Pereira wrote:
> (1.) Could we please not use this mailing list for personal attacks on
> people, whether they are here to defend themselves or not. I know that
> this list is not subject to the NPOV rule, but calling people "twits"  
> and so on is simply not constructive.

I agree completely, and urge others to practice similar restraint.

> (2.) Could we please not make assumptions about people that are based on
> little or no evidence. Such disregard for the need for evidence casts
> serious doubt on one's standards of scholarship, and hence on the
> reliability of any information one might contribute to an encyclopaedia.

Yes!

--Jimbo

p.s.  You should throw in some British slang.  Better yet, some
American slang that Americans *think* is British, whether it is or
not.  Lots of references to tea, old chap.  :-)