On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 7:36 PM, Ken Arromdee <arromdee(a)rahul.net> wrote:
When the objection is "the rule is being followed
too literally instead of
using common sense", the reply "in Wikipedia, we follow this rule" is
free of content.
I think in the end people are disagreeing with your belief that your
view is common sense and the other one is not.
In almost all Wikipedia wars, both sides are convinced that right and
common sense are on their side. If some rules are a little
inflexible, it's partly because it's rarer than you think that common
sense has that much of a consensus. Sometimes the best way to end an
argument is simply the "That's nice, but Wikipedia does it this way
..." response.
When there really is consensus that the rules get it wrong in one
specific instance, I often find we ignore the rules quite well.
-Matt