Brion VIBBER wrote:
IOW, the policy pages _describe_ project policy, they don't _define_ it.
It's been frequently noted that policy and documentation pages aren't always consistent with practice. Sometimes this means the pages should be changed, sometimes this means practice should be changed, sometimes it means both.
Very well stated. And policy is policy-by-consensus with only in rare rare rare exceptions me stepping in to set something as definitive (wikipedia is an encyclopedia, for example, as opposed to a joke collection).
The nature of wiki is that there is often no final judge on matters like these. That's a problem, but it's also a huge benefit.
One thing it does ask of us: to work in a spirit of love.
--Jimbo