User:Djr xi/Stupid System


 * The below was added on 3 November 2005 as a knee-jerk reaction to being blocked. Although I fully accept that this is a vast over-reaction and violation of WP:CIVIL is deserving blockage, I am open with my POV and believe that keeping it on my user page as a record of the incident is for the best.  I emphasise that the comments below do not reflect my views as of any time subsequent to 4 November 2005.

Stupid System

 * Person A makes a beneficial edit and posts the reasons why on the discussion page.


 * Without discussion or consulting the history, Person B decides that it is smart and intelligent to revert 3 hours of work for absolutely no reason.


 * THEN, Person B decides to read the discussion. And, surprise, surprise, decides to change his edits anyway. Because he discovers that his edits were completely pointless.


 * Person A is not happy with Person B because he did something that was clear, well-reasoned and defintely not wrong, and Person B's actions made it a waste of time. In the time Person A spent improving pages linked to the template, he could have created other pages for Wikipedia like Portal:London, or continued improvements in one of 5 WikiProjects.


 * Just like in all fair systems, Person A gets blocked although he was right. Who wins? Nobody.

Good system.

Oh yeah - Person A is me.