User talk:Ricmac~enwiki

I really hope you'll reconsider the approach you're taking in your advocacy on the Mediawiki talk page and on your blog [tinyurl.com/ahxzs3]. ReadWriteWeb is clearly a valued resource, and something that is likely a good reliable source on certain Wikipedia articles. Existing Wikipedia policy clearly allows that, notwithstanding the kind of quick judgments you're likely to get on a noticeboard that exists for the purpose of fighting massive quantities of spam.

If you want to adjust Wikipedia policy -- and there is no need to do so in this case, I can tell you from the perspective of a Wikipedia editor with over 12,000 edits under my belt -- the approach you are taking is counterproductive, and only serves to reduce your influence in the estimation of the hard-working volunteers whose collaboration you'll need.

Your post establishes an atmosphere of contention between two large web sites that ought to be working in a spirit of collaboration. If you would do your homework, you would see that the divisive approach is entirely unnecessary, and probably counterproductive.

Feel free to contact me by email if you want to discuss this, as I am very sympathetic to your fundamental request. -Pete (talk) 22:28, 13 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Pete, thanks for the comment. You're right that my approach has been a bit too emotional, so for that I apologize.Ricmac (talk) 01:17, 16 February 2009 (UTC)Richard MacManus


 * Glad to see we've found some resolution. (As always, I can see there is still work to be done.) I may have reacted a bit stridently too, in some of my comments. Sorry for that. -Pete (talk) 01:51, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

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