Davis Square on Wikipedia!

[photoprince.livejournal.com]

I stumbled across the Davis Sq. page on Wikipedia recently, and and found it to be insulting and a shambles. I did what I could to tidy it up and give a proper shout-out to the neighborhood, but my knowledge of the square is limited and out of date. (I lived near Davis Sq. for years until I moved to Australia a year ago.) 

If you have five minutes, take a look at the page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis_Square) and add your bit to the collective knowledge of the world!  It's like the ultimate opportunity to represent.  Any info on the history and public art of the square would be especially helpful.  Thanks!

Comments

[maelithil.livejournal.com]

It's not your post, it's your attitude.

Wikipedia, that wonderful invention, lets you correct errors yourself! So, go get 'em, cowboy. Correct the proper name of the Somerville ruling body on the Wikipedia page yourself.

That right there is not exactly the attitude of someone who just wants to be helpful. Snark and ye shall receive snark in return.

Your apologies for trying are accepted, now we await an apology for your passive aggressiveness.

[photoprince.livejournal.com]

you see, here's the thing. i wasn't snarking. that was meant to be sincere, yet everyone here seems to assume that all posts are to be read sarcastically. i really do think that wikipedia is a wonderful invention. cowboy is a term of endearment, used in reference for that guy's enthusiasm, which i like. i was trying to encourage him, not put him down.

i shouldn't have to apologize for trying to help, and i certainly shouldn't have to apologize for trying to be encouraging.

this is really the last straw. i'll be deleting my LJ, because this level of snide negativity (not just in this community but all throughout LJ) is awful and i hate it. you'll probably continue incorrectly thinking i'm an unkind person and say, "good riddance," but i've only ever been trying to be helpful. the only reason i'm bothering to write this now is that i hope it might get through to you and others reading it that you just can't talk to people this way, and you can't assume the worst of others. would you be like this in real life? i certainly hope not. i hope you are more respectful to those around you.

this is all a good reminder of why i chose to move away from the toxic davis square community, and go to a place where kindness is valued over caustic wit. i guess it hasn't changed. it's a shame.

[ron_newman]

You don't need to delete your LJ account! Please come back.

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

you'll probably continue incorrectly thinking i'm an unkind person and say

I'll think you're a whiny person who can't be expected to have a bit of adult responsibility.