[WikiEN-l] What can be done to let users fix it themselves?

[William Pietri]

Ken Arromdee wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Oldak Quill wrote:
>   
>> If you propose an exemption where the policies conflict, I'm sure most
>> would support you.
>>     
>
> So a newcomer sees 20 paragraphs about how you're not supposed to edit your
> own article, and then a sentence saying otherwise.
>
> I don't think that'll work unless you make the exemption prominent enough that
> it doesn't seem like an afterthought to anyone reading the page.  And that I
> don't think is possible.  Ideally, we should soften the language that
> implies a near-absolute prohibition, but nobody will stand for that.
>   

The balancing concern is the eleven zillion people who believe they have 
a divine right to control anything said about them and theirs, and far 
more time and energy to devote to a single article than we do.

Our policies unfortunately serve a dual role: they are guidance for 
those who want it, and a stick for those who refuse the guidance. It 
seems like the two needs are in conflict here.

William