Comments on: Someone’s attacked you online; should you respond?

By: Mark Pack

Mark Pack — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:53:45 +0000

Matthew: I think it’s generally best for someone to make a comment on the talk page, rather than to directly change their own entry. If no-one else steps in to then correct the posting, I’d leave it a little while, make the change – and again explain on the talk page. Otherwise you risk getting dragged into a fuss, which may indeed get more attention than the original entry.

Mark: good point; thanks for the link.

By: Mark Valladares

Mark Valladares — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:48:39 +0000

Mark,

Actually, we have a United Kingdom equivalent, thanks to Tom Watson, ironically…

http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2008/07/blogging-for-bureaucrats-new-labour.html

By: Matthew Cain

Matthew Cain — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:55:01 +0000

Thanks for this Mark – really interesting. I had an exchange with David about his wikipedia entry. What’s your view? http://bacatu.blogspot.com/2009/01/should-you-respond-to-online-attacks.html

By: James Graham

James Graham — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:22:43 +0000

Clearly we are now in the post-Bush era. Nowehere on that flowchart is there the option “carpet bomb their city.” I’m impressed!

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:46:52 +0000

I suppose, if you change the USAF’s order a bit, you could use the mnemonic ‘TITTS’….