2008/10/18 David Goodman dgoodmanny@gmail.com
Changing a previously widely accepted standard should take much wider discussion than this has received, and over a longer period of time. It's very easy at Wikipedia for a few people to move in fast and get something changed; the test is whether it hold up under subsequent scrutiny. And even actual consent ahead of time may change quite rapidly once people truly see the implications on a large scale in the encyclopedia.
Just the usual problems with any decision making at Wikipedia. The paradigm is inherently flawed, and the word consensus is completely abused and given a non-standard definition at Wikipedia.
Most decisions made on Wikipedia are *not* by consensus, according to the proper definition.
Usually a majority of discussion participants, or a dedicated group of individuals, get their way just through force, persuasiveness, bullying and wikilawyering. There are even hinderances to broadening discussion, you might be "canvassing".
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