On 3 October 2011 13:06, Ken Arromdee arromdee@rahul.net wrote:
On Mon, 3 Oct 2011, Scott MacDonald wrote:
I've never understood people's problem with WP:DICK.
Because invoking it is equivalent to calling the other person a dick.
One of the fun things we wrote into the policy right from the start was that invoking it was reflexively wrong, so really people shouldn't (barring extreme circumstances). It's primarily foundational (or "constitutional") policy from which other merely high-level policies spring (e.g. No Personal Attacks; Don't Revert, Discuss; Consensus Can Change, etc.).
If you find examples of people invoking it against others, you should take that to AN/I or a similar venue as it's generally a violation of NPA. ArbCom citing it in a case doesn't count, obviously.
J.