On 3/20/06, Ilmari Karonen <nospam(a)vyznev.net> wrote:
To be fair, I believe at least the proposals I've
seen didn't try to
actually ban offsite discussion, but merely the use of such discussions
as justification for policy changes or other on-wiki actions. That
_would_ be enforceable.
It's also something I'd almost be in favor of myself, at least for those
offsite discussions that aren't even public. The way I see it, if you
can't say something in public, it's probably not something you should
say at all.
There are a number of different formulations of similar ideas which
have differing levels of force attached to them. It seems reasonable
to say "Don't rock up claiming to have achieved consensus at some late
night poker game with the boys, and expect on-wiki users to accept
it". On the other hand, it's not reasonable to say "Don't talk about
policy anywhere but here."
In general, common sense doesn't seem to be letting us down on this
particular issue, does it?
Steve