I actually take badly to the notion that because rules are in place you understand. Nobody actually understands anything on Wikipedia. That is why we have Arbcom that regulates months of discussion about finite points. If the Talmud is a list of arguments then Wikipedia is outta sight in its arguments. But all these thing are high level.
New editors, editors who create sourced articles, editors who cleanup articles must find it ridiculous that silently above there edits there is a bunch of us watching there every move. Wanting, Wishing them to slip up, so we correct them like a child who used the wrong cutlery at a dinner party. They have no idea about policy or guidelines. The first they ever hear about it is on the user talk page. They are directed to a page that they had no idea was changed a few days ago. They start lengthy battles with admins who can't be bothered to describe the process involved in creating policy and guidelines. "Well I made it", "Sure but I think you'll find I discussed this with x" those kind of comments aren't helpful and just add to the problem I see on Wikipedia of it exclusiveness.
Mike33
On 25/06/07, John Lee johnleemk@gmail.com wrote:
On 6/25/07, michael west michawest@gmail.com wrote:
three years was a joke (you could spend three years in college and may
not
be able to graduate in wikipediapolicy). bland joke. If Wikipedia is to
be
great, (We want that?) we want everyone capable of understanding wikipediapolicy (We want that?). If everyone doesn't uderstand Wikipediapolicy to the finist detail then they must be cruft or newb. We won't help them learn the mysteries we will give the pages uopon pages
of
WP: . Not every editor is going to understand finite points of policy, that is why Wikipedia is exclusive and not so inclusive as we all say it is
on
our welcome templates. How can we really welcome people when we have
just
posted an spd tag? or reduced them to three sentences? I love
Wikipedia.
I think it is the greatest resource that we have but cant we let people
know
what they are in for? apart from the lil tag that says you may be deleted? We are about being BOLD but why hide this simple truth? Mike33
Maybe because we all assume it's a given that nobody will ever understand every policy and guideline there is out there. To me, it's already understood, in the same way that it's a given nobody will ever know every law on the statute books. It's not desirable, but it's preferable to anarchy.
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