Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 22:22:36 +0100
From: Guy Chapman aka JzG
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Libel chill
I was a researcher on H2G2 for a long time. I became frustrated with
the bureaucratic process of publishing and peer review - but actually
it was quite good at preventing crap form being published in the
edited Guide. It was just frustratingly slow to get updates
recognised. WP is much better in that respect, but it's also a lot
easier for POV pushers and obsessives like YTMNDers to hijack
articles. I wish I had an answer.
Guy (JzG)
I have an answer. Enforce WP:V, WP:NOR, and WP:NPOV and scrap everything else other than
legal policies and a technical policy or 2 to keep vandals, spammers, and edit wars under
control. Other than copyright violations, those 3 policies enforced would put libel and
most other legal issues in the sources' laps.
Yes, I do mean scrap all the other guidelines and quasi-rules. In fact, enforcing only
those 3 would make admin jobs more straight-forward (easier), allow them to focus on
content (are sources real, spam, etc.?), abuses harder, and eliminate most vandals and
edit warriers (POV pushers/obsessives/hijackers). Why? Because 99% of them ignore or
abuse those rules in some way. Meanwhile, wikiens can still add, change, and be bold as
long as WP:V sources are provided.
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