On 14/10/2007, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen cimonavaro@gmail.com wrote:
On 10/12/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/10/2007, charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com wrote:
As far as I know _processes_ can be set up by anyone, but in general
they need an enabling policy to validate them. As you point out, anyone can delete links. So what needs to be underwritten is only that a closure has some force, should not lightly be disregarded.
Um, no, most processes are set up as quick hacks that seem like a good idea at the time, then instruction-crept from there.
I am wondering, do you think it would be a good idea to have a corresponding page for each policy page on the lines of: [[Wikipedia:Developement of the Neutral Point Of View policy page]], ...or perhaps: [[Wikipedia:Timeline of the Neutral Point of View policy page]] ??
A page about the reasoning behind things might be useful in some cases.
My view of how policy and processes on Wikipedia work is at [[WP:PRO]]. Summary: we need process, but not too much of it.
- d.