On 7/11/07, Daniel R. Tobias <dan(a)tobias.name> wrote:
On 11 Jul 2007 at 23:28:53 +0100, Zoney
<zoney.ie(a)gmail.com> wrote:
"Wikipedia-style consensus"
That's defined as:
Character-assassinate everybody who disagrees with your side of a
dispute, by applying every label you think can possibly be made to
stick, such as:
1. Troll
2. Single-purpose account
3. Partisan of an attack site
4. Sockpuppet
5. Meatpuppet
6. Seems to live in the same state as a banned user
7. Was once warned about bad behavior by an admin
8. Seems to have similar opinions to a banned user
9. Has a low edit count
10. Has too few edits in main article space; thus not a useful
contributor
11. Has too few edits outside main article space; thus not
knowledgeable in policy and governance issues
12. Has mostly been fighting vandals; has no real experience making
substantive edits
13. Hasn't been fighting vandals enough; has no familiarity with how
pernicious and harmful they are, so their opinion on anything
pertaining to this is suspect
Once all opposing views are successfully labeled, then claim a
consensus because all remaining people agree.
This is suitable for framing. Please paste it on my old user page if you would.
—C.W.