Hi!
We're not a nation state but an online community of people freely associating around a clearly identified cause (to build an encyclopedia, to write a dictionary, and so on).
Sorry, Erik. I do NOT mean to be polemic, yet I don't see how this can be understood from anyone not being an average western open source activist. We ask the planet to be telepathic, and that's more than I can accept.
Writing an encyclopedia is not enough to get rid of POV (cfr soviet encyclopedia, fascist Treccani, catholic encyclopedias, etc). It's not enough to get rid of advertising, as many such online publications DO show ads. And it's not enough to get rid of original research, since it's perfectly normal for other encyclopedias to publish (sometimes even to prepare) such material.
We need not spell out every single possible behavior
My asking for 4-5 clear mandatory pillars is not the same as asking for a 1200 articles constitution. It's not about turning wikimedia into a bureaucratic nightmare; it's about establishing a clear framework.
People MAY have a different idea of what an encyclopedia is (should be). Failure to understand this is but western integralism. We either DO explain the basics of what is "defined as correct" within this private property of ours or remain exposed to people applying THEIR cultural standards in absolute good faith.
Once you have two such conflicting visions it's going to be "my idea wins because I got friends in the Board" or "we win because we can send so many flame emails that we will tire everyone to death". This is not democracy, it's e-creeps vs e-bloods.
I will not write a report against a person/edition that possibly was in good faith but is "not complaining with my Glorious Party's ideology". I have lots of bad sides in my character, but being a spy because of racial/ideological reasons is not one of them.
I do believe that if you take a minute to think about it you will see what I mean. It takes no more than 100 chars to write a clear version of the pillars and it takes but a mandatory link in the submission page to have all our users informed (as we do with copvios).
After that yes, I will defend the pillars as I did so far, because any violation will have become a voluntary violation. But I will not prosecute a person because of his/her opinions. After all, as Chomsky once said "I'm not God, so maybe I always was wrong".
Peace & love 2 U, too :)
Berto 'd Sera Personagi dl'ann 2006 per l'arvista american-a Time (tanme tuti vojaotri) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1569514,00.html