It's the concept of the "Process is important" process fetish that I disagree with. Process is necessary, but as you say, not for its own sake. Just as there must be a purpose to invoke [[WP:IAR]], there ought to be a purpose to require the assistance of process.
If the only reason someone can come up with to oppose an action is, "it was out of process," then the action was probably correct.
-FCYTravis
On 1/18/06 12:01 PM, "Haukur ļ¬orgeirsson" haukurth@hi.is wrote:
Process is basically a way of facilitating discussion and cooperation in this large collaborative project. That's why some of us think it's important, not for its own sake.
Regards, Haukur