Re: BLP - a case study

on 3/29/07 2:58 PM, Oldak Quill at oldakquillgmail.com
wrote:

> Respect is too vague and variable a notion for a
multicultural venture
> like Wikipedia to base policy on. Particular customs in
the UK in
> medicine and funeral care which are considered
respectful to the dead
> probably aren't considered respectful in some cultures,
religions and
> traditions.
> 
> The closest we can do is to act in the spirit of
respect.

I'm not sure what you mean exactly by the "spirit"
of respect, but I think
I'll take it 

Respect is an attitude reflected, in part, by our behavior
toward another
being. This respect should not be determined by which
society or culture
this being happened to be born into.

Respect is something which cannot be legislated or
regulated; it is part
civility and part empathy - the ability to respect another
being should be
built in to us all.

Marc Riddell


-- 
* Practice random acts of tolerance. *


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Marc Riddell wrote:
> Respect is something which cannot be legislated or
regulated; it is part
> civility and part empathy - the ability to respect
another being should be
> built in to us all.
>   
"Should be", yeah. Interesting to ponder how it is
that we have 
thousands of editors who seem to lack a great many human
qualities. My 
cynical theory is that an encyclopedia that *anyone* can
edit is going 
to attract a disproportionate number who would never be
accepted into, 
or have been ejected from other kinds of collaborative
projects; and 
because one of our fundamental principles is to assume good
faith, we 
are slow to get rid of those that are simply not ever going
to be a net 
positive.

Stan


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Stan Shebs wrote:

>Marc Riddell wrote:
>  
>
>>Respect is something which cannot be legislated or
regulated; it is part
>>civility and part empathy - the ability to respect
another being should be
>>built in to us all.
>>    
>>
>"Should be", yeah. Interesting to ponder how
it is that we have 
>thousands of editors who seem to lack a great many human
qualities. My 
>cynical theory is that an encyclopedia that *anyone* can
edit is going 
>to attract a disproportionate number who would never be
accepted into, 
>or have been ejected from other kinds of collaborative
projects; and 
>because one of our fundamental principles is to assume
good faith, we 
>are slow to get rid of those that are simply not ever
going to be a net 
>positive.
>
Yeah.  It's much easier to solve the problems through more
onerous rules 
that make editing equally difficult for good editors.

Ec


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