doc wrote:
Stephen Bain wrote:
Just like the problem of unsourced content,
it's a problem of people,
not of policies.
However, being realistic, our community is too large and impersonal for
us to be in the business of reforming people - all we can do is change
policies. But I get yelled at every time I suggest that.
That's perfectly understandable when it appears that you are determined
to change the way that _others_ do things. The size of the community
has nothing to do with it. It's the idea of setting out to reform
people that is wrong, even in a much smaller community. The very idea
of reforming people, whether through personal command in a small
community or elaborate policies in a large one is what makes that
community impersonal.
Policy changes would go more easily if proposers began paying attention
to the collateral effects of those proposals.
Ec