[WikiEN-l] Fwd: The counterattack of the PR companies

[Ken Arromdee]

On Wed, 18 Apr 2012, David Gerard wrote:
>> If someone tells you to drive at 5 miles under the speed limit rather than
>> to drive at the speed limit, he may be trying to keep you from getting too
>> close to a line.
>> If someone tells you *not to drive at all* rather than to drive at the speed
>> limit, that no longer has anything to do with "getting close to a line".
>> He's just making up his own rules.
> Ken, what's your practical solution to the problems on each side, and
> how will it work out well?

I don't know, but whatever it is, it should be consistent.  Having the policy
say one thing and Jimbo say something completely different is stupid as
well as increasing Wikipedia's reputation for incomprehensible rules.