Erik Moeller wrote:
Now some people will bring up the issue of "rights" and "speech". But edit warring is an effective method to suppress other people's speech and to abuse other people's rights. It's like shouting over whatever someone else tries to say. The other person can either also start shouting, or give up in frustration.
*nod* I agree with you completely on that. Despite the impression, Wikipedia is not an anarchy nor a "free speech zone" (in that sense). It's an encyclopedia project.
In any civil discussion in the real world, you would tell someone who tries to shout down everyone else to leave until they calm down. All I, and many others, are asking for is to apply that same principle to Wikipedia.
Yes.
--Jimbo