On 11 July 2011 04:26, Fred Bauder fredbaud@fairpoint.net wrote:
Most of us have agendas, and this is the only major outlet most of us have access to.
As a sort of aside-- everyone comes with agendas, and sometimes people act neutrally, sometimes people act like advocates for their agenda.
I've always wondered if we couldn't "peel off' the people who advocate by inviting them to participate in "Something Else"-- some designated "advocate/argument/debate" project. Something by advocates for advocates of advocates. Some people genuinely like to argue, and unfortunately, one of the best venues for argument are WP article edit summaries and talk pages.
Right now, we only have neutral-style projects... this gives 'advocates' no one specific place to advocate their agendas, and this invites them to just 'advocate' in what should be neutral space.
If we had some roped off "Advocacy and Argument zone", that _might_ peel away the good faith people who want to make sure their point of view is heard, but are willing to honestly label their point of view as biased or non-neutral.
It won't stop edit wars, but it might reduce their frequency and intensity. Alec
You can always make Wikinfo a sister project.
Fred
See also http://opinion.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page. Not sure if there are other projects in a similar vein.
Pete / the wub