On 11/17/05, Tom Cadden <thomcadden(a)yahoo.ie> wrote:
I have no difficulty whatsoever in knowing what
mandatory means. It means 'the criteria for forming a judgment must be as
defined'. You seem not to understand that votes on mandatory issues on individual
pages cannot overturn mandatory rules. They set one set of criteria and one set of
criteria only for decision taking.
A review of pages shows that some users on some pages are creating their own
personalised criteria in place of the mandatory criteria and making decisions that
completely conflict with the mandatory requirements of the MoS, based on their own made up
criteria. That is not allowed under MoS rules.
I don't think, Sam, you grasp the issue.
I don't think, Tom, you grasp my point.
The MoS is the list of rules. The rules say that the most common name
must be used. The enterpretation is situation-specific. In your
opinion, Ivory Coast is more common. In others', it is Côte d'Ivoire.
*That* is a reasonable line to take.
I happen also to disagree with the naming convention, but I am happy
to follow it.
Note that I am not agreeing that "they asked for this" is the correct
line to take.
However, to recognise that other people have valid opinions might help
you. Caveat: the MoS does not dictate what opinions are valid.
Sam