On 7/12/07, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
On 7/12/07, WikipediaEditor Durin wikidurin@gmail.com wrote:
I guarantee you that no consensus will evolve.
Probably not. But a lack of consensus should not paralyze a project. If a supermajority favors particular policies, that may be an acceptable outcome.
Really, if these issues cannot be resolved, that is more symptomatic for the lack of maturity of decision making processes in the English Wikipedia than it is for a need for a more specific policy.
That is so true, unfortunately. Consensus works great 80% of the time, but it fails horribly at the 20% of the time when it doesn't work.
As an aside, en's problems are probably more visible because there are editors on en who actually care about the problem. I used to sporadically edit ms, and one of the top admins there frequently uploaded images under the non-commercial Creative Commons licence.
Johnleemk