On 3/24/07, Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@comcast.net wrote:
on 3/23/07 6:45 PM, Thomas Dalton at thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
since Jimbo's opinion holds a lot of sway with most Wikipedians, Jimbo's suggestions for policy generally have consensus.
In other words, if you go against Jimbo, you are generally going against the community, and that is what gets you banned.
You are saying a great deal here. Isn't it time to take a critical look at this?
Marc Riddell
I'm not sure exactly what you mean, since the laconic nature of your posts isn't exactly always conducive to clarity. If you're saying what I think you're saying, I don't see any point in disagreeing with Jimbo for the sake of disagreeing with him. The reason why Jimbo's GodKingness has been around for so long is because the community does generally agree with him.
There of course have been times when the community disagreed, and in such cases Jimbo eventually reversed himself. (IIRC, this occurred at one point in the userbox wheel wars when Jimbo erroneously banned a few people.) But the point is, as a general rule, it's good to listen to Jimbo because it somehow turns out that his views often remarkably approximate the community's views.
Johnleemk