On 11/17/05, Tom Cadden <thomcadden(a)yahoo.ie> wrote:
The Manual of Style is mandatory but is being
overturned in once off cases as though it was purely a matter for local decision, not
Wikipedia-wide policy.
From [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/jguk 2]]:
2.2) The Manual of Style is a set of guidelines governing appropriate
editing on Wikipedia. Editors are expected to follow the Manual of
Style, although it is not policy and editors may deviate from it with
good reason.
I think you misrepresent the import of the Manual of Style.
Kelly