[time-nuts] Editing, nitpicking, and graciousness

William H. Fite omniryx at gmail.com
Wed Dec 22 14:03:43 UTC 2010


>
> This is the point I was trying, perhaps too subtly, to make in my recent
> post in which I compared dialogue on this list with debate in the US
> Senate.  In some instances, the level of nit-picking has become extreme as
> writers queue up, each to niggle at the post of the person just before
> them.  For those of us whose academic expertise is not in electrical
> engineering (I'm a biostatistician, for example), much of the discussion is
> over our heads, anyway, but the "Mine Is Bigger Than Yours" tone of some of
> the posts here is embarrassingly obvious.





> In a message dated 12/21/2010 7:46:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>  sandeenpa at yahoo.com writes:
>
> List,
>
> I, and I suspect many others, archive this list on a  word processor to
> save its information for projects and learning.
>
> That  said,  there are a number on this list who do not edit their replies
> to a  thread so we end  up with pages upon pages of previous postings.  If
> one or more people do this, besides violating the lists protocol,  It
>  makes
> it extremely difficult to follow the postings.  So in essence by  not
> editing the effectiveness of the responses are greatly diminished.
>
> Some seem to delight in nitpicking minutia details.  Look at the  whole
> message.  Does it really have to be absolutely 100 percent accurate  to be
> valid?  Come on give it a break.  For most of us this is a  hobby and we
> don’t
> have advanced science degrees.  All have some or a  great deal of expertise
> in one or more areas but no one has great expertise in  ALL areas.
>
> This leads nicely into my last comment on civility. All of  us are wrong or
> mis-guided at times.  A helpful private email correction  is appreciated.
> Being sarcastic to the poster in public  isn’t.
>
> I try to remember this wise adage:  Be Careful Of  The Toes  You Step On
> Today As They May Be Attached To The Butt You Have  To Kiss Tomorrow.
>
> Regards,
>
> Perrier
>
>
>
>
>
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