On 4/20/07, Brock Weller brock.weller@gmail.com wrote:
Cascadia: Written policy isn't the only policy on wiki. Jimbo enjoys whats gently poked at as God-Kingship because he owns the site,
Nope
its his,
Nope
we do what he says when he pulls that card in his subtle way.
subtle?
Not because its really codified, but as convention. Many countries, including the UK, have constitutional rights that aren't in the constitution,
No. UK's constitutional stuff only deals with rights in a limit manner (because constitutionally there is nothing Parliament can't do). The few that are in it are firmly codified.
As Australia found out in 1975 unwritten conventions are exactly that. The final decider is what is written down.
they evolved as convention over hundreds of years.
Conventions are written down.