On 0, Tony Sidaway tonysidaway@gmail.com scribbled: ...
And that point, having been reached, Utterly and irrevocably changes the rules for WIkipedia. Strict proceduralism is a busted flush, too rigid ever to be workable. Elements of the real world enter slowly but surely into the formerly insulated world of Wikipedia: real living people don't like rubbish being written about them, obscure real living people who are involved in a nine day wonder or silly season story don't get memorialized. Victims of internet memes aren't to be victimized further here.
This is a big change, and I'm not surprised that many people are disquieted by it. We're growing up, ladies and gentlemen. We're growing up.
It's easy to defend using simplistic quotes.
Why is growing up so good? It means we are dourer, slower, more close-minded, closer to the grave & closer to shutting up and sclerotifying. It is in youth our great works are accomplished.
"To grow older is to grow more wicked." "Never trust anyone over 30."
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