a policy of "let the better arguments win" requires someone to judge who has the better arguments. A policy which permits any one of a thousand people to step up and declare himself the judge is not adapted to doing this well. Their inability to judge is manifest by the way they argue themselves--most of the admins, myself included, have definite views on many things, and the only things we can judge neutrally are the things we know so little of that we cannot understand. (that's why I have never closed an XfD--I know my limits)
On 6/22/07, Daniel R. Tobias dan@tobias.name wrote:
On 22 Jun 2007 at 17:23:26 +0300, "White Cat" wikipedia.kawaii.neko@gmail.com wrote:
Trolling should be strictly forbidden. Anyone trolling on RFAs, VFDs, CFDs should be immediately blocked rather than given any slack. Trolling itself should also be removed. If people are not able to give a rationale reasoning they shouldn't be participating in the discussion anyways.
How exactly do you define "trolling"? Labeling one's opponents in any debate as "trolls" is just as unfair a tactic as trolling itself.
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