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I also saw your new sig, and I'm sorry to see that you're not posting anymore. But, could you explain further, regarding the issue with Selina, or are you reluctant to do so? [[User:Jonas Rand|Jonas Rand]] 23:21, 11 August 2009 (PDT)
I also saw your new sig, and I'm sorry to see that you're not posting anymore. But, could you explain further, regarding the issue with Selina, or are you reluctant to do so? [[User:Jonas Rand|Jonas Rand]] 23:21, 11 August 2009 (PDT)
:My issue is not so much "with Selina". My issue is the cumulative impact of a message forum that has been slipping ever downhill in terms of quality, informed criticism of Wikipedia. The straw that broke the camel's back is that the site's owner is, as far as we are all concerned, a '''fictitious''' character. And if you question her identity (even in jest), the threat comes back that not only might such questions be censored, moved, or deleted, but ''the whole damn site'' might very well be shut down in a dramatic puff of indignant smoke. I thought the needless drama was reserved for Wikipedia, not Wikipedia Review. When you couple all of this with the fact that "Selina" (or whomever operates that character identity) altered posts of mine in order to irritate me (one of the top contributors to "her" site), and then compounded that affront by surveying my ''private'' messages issued to others in the community, there is really no reason why a self-respecting adult (or child) should willingly want to participate in such a forum. I have ''[http://www.Akahele.org Akahele.org]'', and while it is not a forum, I think the aspects of "guest article" and "comments" are good enough, for the trade-off that higher-quality, more informed, and ''attributed'' content will grace its pages. -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 05:46, 12 August 2009 (PDT)