[WikiEN-l] So you think you can be a Wikipedia article

[Matt Brown]

On 7/29/06, Peter Ansell <ansell.peter at gmail.com> wrote:
> That was a joke right? You can't just wait forever because someone
> "might" come. Policies in the real world have to be made in some
> finite timespace. Half of wikipedia's problems may indeed come from
> the fact that policies are argued over endlessly, through opinions
> like yours that the more argument/time and effort spent, the better
> the situation will "possibly be". Ever heard of the concept of
> diminishing returns, and/or the concept of negative return on
> investment.

With the exception of certain core policies laid down by Jimbo / the
Foundation, all other Wikipedia policies and guidelines are subject to
review and possible change.  Where's the gain in being crippled by
policy made by a contributing pool of maybe ten people three years ago
that you can't change?

IMO, policies should always be changeable - but should default to not
changing unless real support for a change materialises, not just
because one or two argumentative people don't agree.

-Matt