On 3/24/07, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net> wrote:
on 3/23/07 6:45 PM, Thomas Dalton at thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com wrote:
since
Jimbo's opinion holds a lot of sway with most Wikipedians, Jimbo's
suggestions for policy generally have consensus.
In other words, if you go against Jimbo, you are generally going
against the community, and that is what gets you banned.
You are saying a great deal here. Isn't it time to take a critical look at
this?
Marc Riddell
I'm not sure exactly what you mean, since the laconic nature of your posts
isn't exactly always conducive to clarity. If you're saying what I think
you're saying, I don't see any point in disagreeing with Jimbo for the sake
of disagreeing with him. The reason why Jimbo's GodKingness has been around
for so long is because the community does generally agree with him.
There of course have been times when the community disagreed, and in such
cases Jimbo eventually reversed himself. (IIRC, this occurred at one point
in the userbox wheel wars when Jimbo erroneously banned a few people.) But
the point is, as a general rule, it's good to listen to Jimbo because it
somehow turns out that his views often remarkably approximate the
community's views.
Johnleemk