On 07/10/2007, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 07/10/2007, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
Evidences?
Lack of evidence to the contrary. When people disagree with something, they generally say so quite loudly. When people agree with something, they are usually much quieter. I've seem plenty of people complaining about the application of BLP to a particular article, but few complaining about BLP in general.
Because you can't effectively overturn that which is opposed from above.
According to WP:BLP, the policy is based on consensus, just like any other. While it may have been suggested by Jimbo, there is nothing on the page saying it's imposed by the board.
If we go by what happens BLP does not exist unless an admin with an agenda turns up.
*shrugs* Then that's the policy.
It is not an acceptable policy for a rational community.
on 10/7/07 11:04 AM, Thomas Dalton at thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
Then the community isn't rational - that doesn't really surprise me.
Wikipedia is an emotional community - not a rational one. Whether this is acceptable is up to the Community itself.
Marc Riddell