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Jukeboksi: Category:Ad hominem

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	An [[ad hominem delete]] is even worse, as it makes it impossible for anyone but a sysop to evaluate or restore the text, and is even more irresponsible.		An [[ad hominem delete]] is even worse, as it makes it impossible for anyone but a sysop to evaluate or restore the text, and is even more irresponsible.

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Jukeboksi: including the explanation for those not so skilled in Latin

2004-02-22T12:27:34Z

including the explanation for those not so skilled in Latin

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			'''"ad hominem"''' is a Latin phrase used very commonly in English (just like "ad nauseum", and also "i.e." and "e.g." are abbreviations of Latin phrases). It is, effectively, part of English.

			What it means is, in the context of an argument, referring to '''who made the argument, as opposed to the argument's own referents''', in deciding whether to accept or reject it. It is normally considered proof that one has no real argument to offer against what is said, if one must invoke "who wrote it" as an refutation.
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	An '''[[ad hominem]] [[revert]]''' is the restoring of an older version of a [[wiki page]] ''because of who edited it in the interim.'' This is different than a typical [[revert]] which is because trusting the content would lead to bad results on behalf of the [[end user]]. Tolerating ad hominem reverts may make the [[sysop power structure]] very happy, but is intolerable in any [[troll-friendly]] [[power structure]] (i.e. any that gives some status to a [[political dispute]] and realizes that ad hominem revert probably is a symptom of one), and is definitely detrimental to the overall mission of any [[large public wiki]], unless of course that mission is to support a certain ''class'' or ''type of person'' or [[types of countries]] or specific [[ecoregion]] etc., in which case, they might [[block IP]] of all who are "outside that region" or "not part of that class". To permit ad hominem revert is to create a class of loathsome [[trolls]] who [[patroll]] outside the boundaries of the [[sysop power structure]] and work directly against that power structure to discredit it, and empower the end users who are disempowered by this kind of tactics...		An '''[[ad hominem]] [[revert]]''' is the restoring of an older version of a [[wiki page]] ''because of who edited it in the interim.'' This is different than a typical [[revert]] which is because trusting the content would lead to bad results on behalf of the [[end user]]. Tolerating ad hominem reverts may make the [[sysop power structure]] very happy, but is intolerable in any [[troll-friendly]] [[power structure]] (i.e. any that gives some status to a [[political dispute]] and realizes that ad hominem revert probably is a symptom of one), and is definitely detrimental to the overall mission of any [[large public wiki]], unless of course that mission is to support a certain ''class'' or ''type of person'' or [[types of countries]] or specific [[ecoregion]] etc., in which case, they might [[block IP]] of all who are "outside that region" or "not part of that class". To permit ad hominem revert is to create a class of loathsome [[trolls]] who [[patroll]] outside the boundaries of the [[sysop power structure]] and work directly against that power structure to discredit it, and empower the end users who are disempowered by this kind of tactics...

	An [[ad hominem delete]] is even worse, as it makes it impossible for anyone but a sysop to evaluate or restore the text, and is even more irresponsible.		An [[ad hominem delete]] is even worse, as it makes it impossible for anyone but a sysop to evaluate or restore the text, and is even more irresponsible.

142.177.114.228: what it is, how it degrades any purpose of any wiki but makes sysops happy

2004-01-07T20:20:49Z

what it is, how it degrades any purpose of any wiki but makes sysops happy

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An '''[[ad hominem]] [[revert]]''' is the restoring of an older version of a [[wiki page]] ''because of who edited it in the interim.'' This is different than a typical [[revert]] which is because trusting the content would lead to bad results on behalf of the [[end user]]. Tolerating ad hominem reverts may make the [[sysop power structure]] very happy, but is intolerable in any [[troll-friendly]] [[power structure]] (i.e. any that gives some status to a [[political dispute]] and realizes that ad hominem revert probably is a symptom of one), and is definitely detrimental to the overall mission of any [[large public wiki]], unless of course that mission is to support a certain ''class'' or ''type of person'' or [[types of countries]] or specific [[ecoregion]] etc., in which case, they might [[block IP]] of all who are "outside that region" or "not part of that class". To permit ad hominem revert is to create a class of loathsome [[trolls]] who [[patroll]] outside the boundaries of the [[sysop power structure]] and work directly against that power structure to discredit it, and empower the end users who are disempowered by this kind of tactics...

An [[ad hominem delete]] is even worse, as it makes it impossible for anyone but a sysop to evaluate or restore the text, and is even more irresponsible.