[WikiEN-l] Re: WikiEN-l Digest, Vol 2, Issue 26

[james duffy]

>75% is not a consensus,

Actually it is. A consensus is generally interpretated as meaning a clear 
and unambiguous majority. In democratic systems, a consensus is generally 
defined as two-thirds plus one. Three quarters is described as an 
'overwhelming consensus'.  Lynch and Jones, ''Political Decision Making in 
Divided Societies'' pp.214-215. Whyte and Reynard, ''Consociational 
Democracy and Consensus Building: From the Lebanon to Belgium: Case Studies 
in Democractic Consensus'' p. 190.

Most deletions on wiki occur because of votes by a small number. Very few 
votes attract nearly 30 voters and those with large numbers rarely produce 
75% agreement.

>I can understand a user getting angry if it is a page s/he has spent a lot 
>of time on. This user seems to rather be in a deep disagreement with the 
>majority of Wikipedia users/sysops rather than a genuine troll. In general 
>I agree.

The people he has fallen out with are people who that he show the community 
the respect of following agreed conventions and methodologies, rather than 
act like a spoiled child who throws tantrums because he cannot get things 
his way. Many of the people he has fallen out with are sysops. Many are not. 
Some agree with his opinions. Some don't. But all find his behaviour well 
beyonds the bounds of respect for the community.

JT

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