[Foundation-l] They do make or break reputations

[Alec Conroy]

>> Most of us have agendas, and this is the only major outlet most of us
>> have access to.

As a sort of aside--  everyone comes with agendas, and sometimes
people act neutrally, sometimes people act like advocates for their
agenda.

I've always wondered if we couldn't "peel off' the people who advocate
by inviting them to participate in "Something Else"-- some designated
"advocate/argument/debate" project.   Something by advocates for
advocates of advocates.     Some people genuinely like to argue, and
unfortunately, one of the best venues for argument are WP article edit
summaries and talk pages.

Right now, we only have neutral-style projects... this gives
'advocates' no one specific place to advocate their agendas, and this
invites them to just 'advocate' in what should be neutral space.

If we had some roped off "Advocacy and Argument zone", that _might_
peel away the good faith people who want to make sure their point of
view is heard, but are willing to honestly label their point of view
as biased or non-neutral.

It won't stop edit wars, but it might reduce their frequency and intensity.
Alec