[WikiEN-l] let's be honest then

[Ray Saintonge]

doc wrote:

>Stephen Bain wrote:
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>>Just like the problem of unsourced content, it's a problem of people,
>>not of policies.
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>However, being realistic, our community is too large and impersonal for 
>us to be in the business of reforming people - all we can do is change 
>policies. But I get yelled at every time I suggest that.
>
That's perfectly understandable when it appears that you are determined 
to change the way that _others_ do things.  The size of the community 
has nothing to do with it.  It's the idea of setting out to reform 
people that is wrong, even in a much smaller community.  The very idea 
of reforming people, whether through personal command in a small 
community or elaborate policies in a large one is what makes that 
community impersonal.

Policy changes would go more easily if proposers began paying attention 
to the collateral effects of those proposals.

Ec