[WikiEN-l] BLP - a case study

[Ray Saintonge]

Stan Shebs wrote:

>Marc Riddell wrote:
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>>Respect is something which cannot be legislated or regulated; it is part
>>civility and part empathy - the ability to respect another being should be
>>built in to us all.
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>>
>"Should be", yeah. Interesting to ponder how it is that we have 
>thousands of editors who seem to lack a great many human qualities. My 
>cynical theory is that an encyclopedia that *anyone* can edit is going 
>to attract a disproportionate number who would never be accepted into, 
>or have been ejected from other kinds of collaborative projects; and 
>because one of our fundamental principles is to assume good faith, we 
>are slow to get rid of those that are simply not ever going to be a net 
>positive.
>
Yeah.  It's much easier to solve the problems through more onerous rules 
that make editing equally difficult for good editors.

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