On 5/10/06, jf_wikipedia@mac.com jf_wikipedia@mac.com wrote:
On May 10, 2006, at 10:18 AM, Cheney Shill wrote:
Basically, it's an argument that you can apply policy however the current majority of an article sees fit.
My understanding is different. Editor's consensus cannot be used to bypass policy
See:
"NPOV is one of Wikipedia's three content-guiding policy pages. The other two are Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:No original research. Jointly, these policies determine the type and quality of material that is acceptable in the main namespace. Because the three policies are complementary, they should not be interpreted in isolation from one other, and editors should therefore try to familiarize themselves with all three. The three policies are also non-negotiable and cannot be superseded by any other guidelines or by editors' consensus."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:NPOV
I am missing something?
-- Jossi
No, you're not. Editor consensus does not override policy, though, at times, new editors have attempted to re-write policy to allow this.
Jay.