On 11 Jul 2007 at 23:28:53 +0100, Zoney zoney.ie@gmail.com wrote:
"Wikipedia-style consensus"
That's defined as:
Character-assassinate everybody who disagrees with your side of a dispute, by applying every label you think can possibly be made to stick, such as:
1. Troll 2. Single-purpose account 3. Partisan of an attack site 4. Sockpuppet 5. Meatpuppet 6. Seems to live in the same state as a banned user 7. Was once warned about bad behavior by an admin 8. Seems to have similar opinions to a banned user 9. Has a low edit count 10. Has too few edits in main article space; thus not a useful contributor 11. Has too few edits outside main article space; thus not knowledgeable in policy and governance issues 12. Has mostly been fighting vandals; has no real experience making substantive edits 13. Hasn't been fighting vandals enough; has no familiarity with how pernicious and harmful they are, so their opinion on anything pertaining to this is suspect
Once all opposing views are successfully labeled, then claim a consensus because all remaining people agree.