[Foundation-l] Verifiability: Constitution? Question for Jimbo!

[David Gerard]

On 18/09/06, Walter van Kalken <walter at vankalken.net> wrote:

> And again a statement that makes sense. Unforunately most wikipedians
> just see a rule, or a statement by jimbo and will be hard arsed about it
> in unfortunately. We will see where this ship ends up ......


People will sometimes take a reasonable guideline entirely too far.

The trouble is that by its nature, Wikipedia attracts obsessives who
see things only in black-and-white, and if they can't get their
personal obsession on the wiki just as they want it, they scream
loudly about it.


- d.