[WikiEN-l] Request to Wikipedians for BBC Documentary

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/8/18 Brock Weller <brock.weller at gmail.com>:
> The 'deletionists' (and I use that word somewhat ironically, we don't have
> meetings or leaders or even a philosophy beyond 'improve the encyclopedia')
> vs the 'inclusionists' (I always thought that word was chosen as a catch-all
> to cast the other side as slightly evil, much like you can't help but feel
> slightly guilty voting against 'pro-life', even though you know the label
> was picked for exactly those reasons) is, in my opinion, actually a shining
> example of the wiki process and I'm glad it was chosen as at least one of
> the topics. Deep seated disagreements over the project were solved by
> consensus building and community, resulting in sensible guidelines that
> helps us keep the vast majority of utter crap out of the 'pedia, while users
> who enjoy the work organize teams hunting for that diamond in the rough to
> polish and display. Everyone's happy, and the community solved it. Great
> subject.

Well said. That debate was resolved back in the days when we actually
reached consensus occasionally! There are too many people for that to
work, these days. However hard you try, you never find a solution that
everyone will accept.