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millosh at gmail

Jun 2, 2012, 8:16 AM

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[Wikimedia-l] Larry Sanger rides again

Fortunately, average Slashdotter is not a moron [1], like he is.

Does anyone know does he have some new project which needs promotion
in media? And may WMF give some money to him, not to mess around?

[1] http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/06/01/2119248/what-should-we-do-about-wikipedias-porn-problem

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thomas.dalton at gmail

Jun 2, 2012, 8:24 AM

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Larry Sanger rides again [In reply to]

The man is just bitter. Ignore him.

On 2 June 2012 16:16, Milos Rancic <millosh [at] gmail> wrote:
> Fortunately, average Slashdotter is not a moron [1], like he is.
>
> Does anyone know does he have some new project which needs promotion
> in media? And may WMF give some money to him, not to mess around?
>
> [1] http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/06/01/2119248/what-should-we-do-about-wikipedias-porn-problem
>
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sethf at sethf

Jun 2, 2012, 3:33 PM

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Larry Sanger rides again [In reply to]

Whatever one thinks of Larry Sanger's campaign regarding
sexual material on Wikipedia or Commons, and I'm not endorsing
everything he says, it should be clear from examination that he holds
his views sincerely. Personally attacking him along the lines of being
malicious and insincere, which is quite false, only adds weight to his
critique about (my phrasing) the bunker-mentality culture.

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thomas.dalton at gmail

Jun 2, 2012, 3:40 PM

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Larry Sanger rides again [In reply to]

On 2 June 2012 23:33, Seth Finkelstein <sethf [at] sethf> wrote:
> Whatever one thinks of Larry Sanger's campaign regarding
> sexual material on Wikipedia or Commons, and I'm not endorsing
> everything he says, it should be clear from examination that he holds
> his views sincerely. Personally attacking him along the lines of being
> malicious and insincere, which is quite false, only adds weight to his
> critique about (my phrasing) the bunker-mentality culture.

I don't doubt that he is entirely sincere in holding that opinion, but
there is a difference between holding a opinion and expressing that
opinion. I think he's expressing the opinion because he is bitter and
it's a convenient criticism for him to make. I don't think he holds
the opinion strongly enough that he would be blogging about it if he
weren't looking for something about Wikipedia to criticise.

I'm really not interested in discussing Larry Sanger, though, so this
will be my last email on the subject.

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geniice at gmail

Jun 2, 2012, 3:43 PM

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Larry Sanger rides again [In reply to]

On 2 June 2012 23:33, Seth Finkelstein <sethf [at] sethf> wrote:
> � � � �Whatever one thinks of Larry Sanger's campaign regarding
> sexual material on Wikipedia or Commons, and I'm not endorsing
> everything he says, it should be clear from examination that he holds
> his views sincerely. Personally attacking him along the lines of being
> malicious and insincere, which is quite false, only adds weight to his
> critique about (my phrasing) the bunker-mentality culture.

I think that's something of a miss-statement of his position. In fact
he explicitly states that he thinks the problem is due to the attitude
of adolescent-minded-young-men. His proposed solution of the 21
century equiv of letter writing again suggests that he doesn't view a
bunker mentality as the problem.

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Jun 3, 2012, 4:55 AM

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Larry Sanger rides again [In reply to]

> Does anyone know does he have some new project which needs promotion
> in media?

http://www.prlog.org/11887092-announcing-new-wikipedia-criticism-site.html

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