[WikiEN-l] We need a policy against vote-stacking

[Steve Bennett]

On 5/10/06, Philip Welch <wikipedia at philwelch.net> wrote:
> On May 9, 2006, at 12:07 AM, Steve Bennett wrote:
>
> > It can be established with logic if we define what we mean by notable,
> > and some up with some guidelines. This has helped a lot with articles
> > on music groups.
>
> You suggest we devise a Grand Unified Theory to judge notability of
> Wikipedia articles, and develop it until there are no false positives
> or false negatives  (or else some process, be it admin fiat or
> consensus, will have to overrule when the policy fails). That
> obviously will never happen--at least not until years after Wikipedia
> is completed anyway.

Is the man who suggests organising his bookshelf suggesting a Grand
Unified Theory of organisation? No. I'm suggesting we improve it.
There is room for improvement.

Steve