Re^2: Seven good reasons for Perl

It might turn into a reasonable discussion on compactness vs. complexity if people don't reflexively consider-for-delete it when they read the author's name.
Ignoring uncomfortable points of view like "Perl is losing popularity" isn't exactly the healthiest way of fighting them.
"I don't like Wassercrat" isn't a good reason to try to reap a given post.
It's bound to provoke a "community standards vs. free speech" debate, either in the CB or a set of posts, and lower the signal:noise ratio far more than just letting this post slide.
It'd be a waste of the editors' time.
There is no reason number six.
Nobody who's advocated deleting this node has given a good reason beyond shouting "it sucks!" as loud as they can. (I'm not considering dragonchild's reply here, as it at least begins to address the node's content.)
Edit: Clarification: dragonchild's post doesn't advocate deleting the OP, which is why I'm not considering it. It also happens to attack the OP's content, which I think is a nice touch. I'm not ignoring it simply because it's a counterexample to my argument. :-)

Or were you just being sarcastic, hoping to score some points based on Wassercrat's bad reputation?

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The vote for keep campaign. by Hanamaki (Chaplain) on Jun 15, 2004 at 10:12 UTC
This "consider-for-delete" stuff scares me!!! ... In my opinion, quite too many people voted to delete Dragonchilds and Wassercrats node. I am not that happy with both nodes, but the intolerance I see in "nodes to consider" is pretty scary. Please, vote for "keep" in the "nodes to consider" section, even if you ++ or -- one of the authors. Help to keep this place an open discussion forum. IMHO, Perl monks easily can afford one or two trolls without harm.	[reply]
Re: The vote for keep campaign. by Joost (Canon) on Jun 15, 2004 at 10:48 UTC
This "consider-for-delete" stuff scares me!!! ... In my opinion, quite too many people voted to delete Dragonchilds and Wassercrats node. I am not that happy with both nodes, but the intolerance I see in "nodes to consider" is pretty scary. I voted keep on both, but then, I think it's important that people can say annoying, uninformed and/or rude things here. I can imagine people not wanting obvious trollery, irrelevant posts or rude language, though, and I expect them to vote for deletion if they see it. As I recall, the "keep" votes are in the majority at the moment, so please keep calm. Joost "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]


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