"Ryan Delaney" ryan.delaney@gmail.com wrote in message news:eecbb0630509152024421173d4@mail.gmail.com... On 9/15/05, Tony Sidaway f.crdfa@gmail.com wrote:
... If I see them write a few words in the context of the debate, I'm happier that there has been an informed discussion.
I don't think it's your business to decide what is and isn't an "informed decision". The person casting the vote thought their decision was informed enough or they wouldn't be voting. If you think someone isn't well informed, you inform them. You don't just discard their votes without comment.
I wonder if you might be taking [[assume good faith]] a little too far. In several cases I have observed, voters use the phrase "non-notable" as a synonym for "I haven't heard of that". Given the vast depths of my own ignorance, I would be surprised if I had heard of more than a very few of the people and things described on Wikipedia before reading the relevant article. If an article says that the subject is a "notable" member of their profession (or whatever) I tend to think this means that someone who actually knows the field would recognise the name, rather than that "Joe on the Street" ought to.
You don't just discard their votes without comment.
From whence do you gain the impression that Tony "discards" those votes? My
take on his comment was that he felt more satisfaction closing a discussion which appeared more "informed", rather than having his conclusion affected.
ISRTBC HTH HAND