Phil Sandifer wrote

As long as that is the case, we're in the unfortunate position where it's entirely likely the god-given common sense a user comes to the project with is going to do them more good than our policy pages.

"Plus ça change" versus "nous avons changé tout celà", IOW. Amateurs can draft encyclopedic pages with greater ease than legalistic documents. All true, but this comes with the territory.

I think the right conclusion is not so much that the way things are done just fundamentally sucks; but that this issue, of accessibility of 'policy', preferentially will put off those who want solid understanding of everything involved in editing. I have never felt I understood all aspects of enWP.

Charles

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