Speaking off the record and in my personal capacity - fuckin' A. Thank you
for being the one sane voice :p
On Sunday, 11 December 2011, Renata St <renatawiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The problem is that the research committee made only a token effort
at finding or following relevant onwiki policy or consensus , nor did
they try to explain or correct their actions onwiki in a timely manner
as per WIARM. Or where they did, they didn't follow up.
Any of those 3 elements (Policy, Consensus, WIARM/BRD) each could and
still can help bring people up to speed and reduce misunderstandings.
That's part of what they're for, after all! I'm sure that people will be
more supportive once things are sorted out in that way.
Hmm, the research committee still hasn't made any onwiki statement at a
relevant location that I can find. If this were a court case, RCom
would pretty much have lost by default and/or forfeit already.
As I said, analyze and nitpick things to death. Does any of that above *
really* matter?
It distresses me to see the community turned into this insane
policy-enforcing power-hungry gang. Everything must be approved by us
(consensus)! Everything must follow each letter and comma of every goddarn
policy out there! If there is a single comma missing we will shred you to
pieces, treat you like a scum and public enemy number 1, whack you with
all
kinds of warnings, AN threads, blocks... Yeah, you go
back to where you
came from and stay there![1]
Since when doing something nice and interesting on WP should be treated
and
compared to going to a court? Why and when did the
community started to
think that compliance with WP:IDHCWTSF[2] is more important than
intentions, than doing the "right thing", than embracing new, different
ideas? Why does everything have to go through nine circles of bureaucracy?
I weep for the memory of Wikipedia that was *free*. Yes, it is still free
[as in $ and *©*], but it is no longer free of the instruction creep that
stifles and regulates your every movement. I weep for the memory of a
feeling that you *can* change, you *can* edit, you *can* do... without
that
gripping fear that you are violating some random
policy and therefore will
be whacked on your head with some large stick.
Renata
[1] Exaggerated, yes, but isn't this the typical newbie experience these
days?
[2] Wikipedia:I don't have a clue what this stands for
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