[WikiEN-l] NPOV majorities/minorities

[Fastfission]

On 5/10/06, Cheney Shill <halliburton_shill at yahoo.com> wrote:
> No, except that we agree completely.  I'm not, nor have I ever argued, that consensus should bypass policy.  I'm simply repeating the claim made by Fastfission and the majority of admins and users I've had contact with while editing that consensus is more important than policy.  Fastfission seemed to be paraphrasing the beginning of the consensus guideline that says "Wikipedia works by building consensus." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus  I'm not sure when that was put in or if it was snuck in at some point, but given what the rest of the guideline states, not to mention policies, it's definitely taken out of context.  Maybe the fix is simply removing that sentence.  This view seems so prevalent, however, it probably wouldn't be taken seriously unless Jimmy himself emailed every admin with an attached photo of a clue bat.

You have, as I have tried to explain, completely misinterpreted what I
have said, and have not shown very much progress in understanding it.
So whatever the case, don't attribute these opinions to me, because
they're not what I've been saying at all. Thanks.

FF