[WikiEN-l] Process wonkery

[Ray Saintonge]

David Gerard wrote:

>On 28/09/06, David Alexander Russell <webmaster at davidarussell.co.uk> wrote:
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>>Jimmy Wales wrote:
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>>>Yeah, but when I do something, unless I am very very very careful, it
>>>ends up getting used as a stick to beat innocents to death with. :)
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>>Couldn't you do what Danny does for WP:OFFICE actions, i.e. have a 'this
>>is me just editing' account and a 'this is me as a policy-creating
>>godking' account? And then anyone who tries to use your ordinary edits
>>to beat innocents with can just be laughed at.
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>You haven't experienced the amazing feats of Jimbomancy some
>wikilawyers and obsessives will stretch to. "This edit is ABSOLUTELY
>IMPERATIVE because Jimbo suggested on a mailing list in 1989 that
>something like it would be a good idea."
>
Nothing wins arguments like going into a war saying that God and the 
Bible are on your side.

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