[WikiEN-l] RFC

[Ray Saintonge]

Steve Block wrote:

>Is Requests for comments broken?  I'm curious as to how many people on 
>the list have followed one and given comment recently, as I've had one 
>up a while now and had no outside input.  It's frustrating because I 
>think I'm in a subtle POV and OR instance and the person I'm engaged 
>with has managed to find an advocate and I'm confused as to the whole 
>prrocess.  Since I've got dragged into a debate I've lost my admin hat 
>and I can't seem to attract outsiders to the page to build a consensus. 
>  It's gotten damn longwinded now, and my patience is becoming 
>exhausted.  I've tried the civil debate and it's getting nowhere.  All I 
>really want now is simply lots of damn voices to build a consensus.  I 
>don't care if I am right or wrong so long as a consensus is built and 
>the policies are respected.  So please, follow this link, read the whole 
>damn talk page and build the encyclopedia, a word at a time in this 
>instance.
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Taylor_Allderdice_High_School#Need_outside_input
>
Some time ago we had a long-running and often bitter debate over whether 
high-schools were sufficiently notable to be included in Wikipedia.  
They are now generally accepted.  Speaking as a person who always 
supported their inclusion, I also have to admit that there are very few 
that would personally interest me.  The nearest that I have ever been to 
Pittsburgh has been to drive by on the Interstate that runs south of the 
city.  I took a quick look at the article, corrected a minor grammar 
error, and decided that I didn't want to spend the time understanding 
the problems connected with a high-school in a city that I have never 
visited.  The possible fact that my 
great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was imprisoned there at Fort 
Duquesne when he was captured by the British enemy during the Seven 
Years' War.is not sufficient justification to attract my interest.  The 
best you can hope for is editors with local interest in Pittsburgh; the 
subject is notable but inherently local.

Ec