Stephen Gilbert wrote:
--- The Cunctator cunctator@kband.com wrote:
A fuller explanation of the reasoning has to do with the history of the creation of the Meta site, and the development of contentious policy pages such as those on entry deletion and the definition of Wikipedia vandalism, during LMS's reign.
Yes, I'm aware of the history; I simply don't recall any discussion on freezing those pages. Obviously I missed it. For the record, I think it's a bad idea.
Stephen Gilbert
Several new approaches, some sweeping and some more incremental, have been proposed to help slow down or cool off controversy that appears to have gotten too heated.
Perhaps new approaches could be tested on these few policy pages to see if they are helpful in allowing the community at large (occasional contributors as well as mailing list regulars) to reach a broad consensus on incremental policy or presentation changes.
Regards, Mike Irwin