On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:30:14 -0700, William Pietri william@scissor.com wrote:
But some people indeed aren't reasonable. That doesn't mean that we shouldn't try hard to be reasonable with them, just that we can live with them never being satisfied as long as a neutral observer can see both the fairness of our article and our desire to treat even difficult people fairly.
Yes, exactly that. That is good in two ways: first, because it makes a better encyclopaedia, and second, because if it ever *did* get to court the fact that we had done everything in our power to ensure that the article is completely fair would almost certainly result in us winning. Thus far, I don't think any such cases have gone to court, and I suspect that the reason may be tied to Jimbo's tendency to wade in and cut the crap when things get out of hand.
Guy (JzG)