Thank you for your post. Even if it's a smear consisting of selective quote-mining mixed with a volley of ad hominems, I think it helps move forward by shining a light on the underlying cause of the unbelievable sloth and blockades when it comes to certain things that have been sorely needed for over 10 years now.
I'm not going to answer to everyone of the quotes you selected for their aggressive sound, because anyone can follow the links and see the context in which they were made and see that they were in fact responses to someone talking about language barriers, to equally or more aggressive posts, to people who repeatedly misrepresented what I said, to people who were already talking about the very subject that I "incessantly bring up" (you, in particular), necessary reminders of something that was already said multiple times before, and that you purposely left previous parts of the quotes out to make them look more aggressive.
I'm also not going to give specific counter-examples to your accusations of "not working well with others", "pitting myself against other opinions", or allegedly "not accepting that the mod is a conglomeration of ideas", because anyone can find them in my post history, and if they think about it one second, see that I have been asking for and incorporating other people's opinions all throughout my work on the help system and the rules. And I'm not going to mention all the examples where the people you defend have done exactly what you accused me of.
Instead, lets talk about the thing you (and others) have brought up, which is the real reason why ideas, contributions, and improvements (not only mine) have been blockaded over the years. Lets talk about what it's really about.
It' about egos.
I never denied I have one, and honestly I feel kind of sorry for those who can't identify the quote in my sig (and some other thing's I've posted) as self-irony. It also says something about them.
To quote some bloke who was probably quoting someone else:
"Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's sister's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?"
So thanks to your post, I'm going to say it straight.
The reason why many of discovery's resident "bigshots" (someone else called them "local chieftains") block ideas, contributions, and improvements that come from people who aren't their dedicated underlings or part of their in-group, is because their egos simply can't stand the fact that someone else may do better than them.
Ash Wrote:You have a great way of telling people how to do their job despite having never done it before.
Well that's exactly the thing, Ash. I HAVE done their job. I've polished up the rules that were a mess, and I've made a help system that was sorely needed. While the entire population of residents bigshots was unable to do it for frikkin 10 years.
And yes, absolutely, I have an ego. Just don't pretend the opposition against an unambiguous improvement isn't coming from the egos of those who oppose it.
So I would kindly like to ask that you, and those who can't see the logs in their own eyes, to give people who want readable, accessible, and up to date rules (and the server that needs those people) a break.
