German Wikipedia and "Sei grausam"

[Carcharoth]

Was reading around and following a link to the German Wikipedia, where
they have this policy:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sei_grausam

This translates roughly as "Wikipedia: Be cruel".

The Google translation is hilarious, but the gist comes through:

http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sei_grausam&ei=tyW2StLgJY6i4gbkwdQc&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sei_grausam%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG

Larry Sanger's quote is horribly mangled in translation back to English, though.

Is there anything like this page on the English Wikipedia?

Carcharoth

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[Charles Matthews]

Carcharoth wrote:
> Is there anything like this page on the English Wikipedia?
>
>  
Apparently WP:SO TOUGH has yet to be created.

Charles


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[Durova]

That isn't a policy.  This is the list of the German Wikipedia policies.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Richtlinien

Their structure is different; this is roughly on the level of
Wikipedia:Assume no clue.

-Durova

On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Charles Matthews <
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> Carcharoth wrote:
> > Is there anything like this page on the English Wikipedia?
> >
> >
> Apparently WP:SO TOUGH has yet to be created.
>
> Charles
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[Surreptitiousness]

Carcharoth wrote:

> Was reading around and following a link to the German Wikipedia, where
> they have this policy:
>
> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sei_grausam
>
> This translates roughly as "Wikipedia: Be cruel".
>
> Is there anything like this page on the English Wikipedia?
>
>  

I wrote Wikipedia:Throwing in the towel a while back that has some
similarities, but could probably be extended better.  I think knowing
when to quit is an important part of consensus building.

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[Steve Bennett-8]

On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Carcharoth
<carcharothwp@...> wrote:
> The Google translation is hilarious, but the gist comes through:

Hmm, "Assume good intentions" seems so much clearer than "assume good faith".

Steve

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[Erik Moeller-4]

With all due respect to my friends in de.wp and speaking purely as a
community member, there are some valid points in the essay, but a page
title like "Be cruel" is IMO inherently unhelpful to our objective to
be a friendly and welcoming community.

Erik

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[stevertigo-2]

Erik Moeller <erik@...> wrote:
> With all due respect to my friends in de.wp and speaking purely as a
> community member, there are some valid points in the essay, but a page
> title like "Be cruel" is IMO inherently unhelpful to our objective to
> be a friendly and welcoming community.

So, warum ist es noch da?

-Stevertigo

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