[Foundation-l] Possible solution for image filter - magical flying unicorn pony that s***s rainbows

Tobias Oelgarte tobias.oelgarte at googlemail.com
Wed Sep 21 22:56:18 UTC 2011


Am 22.09.2011 00:42, schrieb Bjoern Hoehrmann:
> * Tobias Oelgarte wrote:
>>> The poll asked whether there should be formalized restrictions beyond
>>> the existing ones (only good articles can be proposed). Voters decided
>>> against that and to keep the status quo instead where it is decided on
>>> a case-by-case basis which articles to feature on the main page without
>>> additional formalized selection criteria that would disqualify certain
>>> articles. Put differently, they decided that if someone disagress that
>>> a certain article should not be featured, they cannot point to policy
>>> to support their argument.
>>>
>> That isn't true. Since the policy states that all terms are treated
>> equal (NPOV) there is only a discussion if the date might be suitable
>> (topics with correlation to a certain date get precedence). Otherwise it
>> is decided if the quality (actuality and so on) is suitable for AotD,
>> since there might be a lot of time between the last nomination for good
>> articles and the versions might differ strongly due to recent changes.
>> If a topic is offensive or not does not play any role. Only quality
>> matters. This rule existed from the beginning and it did not change.
> What I meant to say is: "if someone disagrees with featuring a certain
> article, they cannot point to policy that restricts which subjects can
> be featured to support their argument" as there is none and editors de-
> cided against introducing any.
Now we speak the same language. Sorry if i misunderstood your first 
wording. ;-)




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