[WikiEN-l] Original research or common sense inferral?

[Ray Saintonge]

Matthew Brown wrote:

>On 4/2/07, David Gerard wrote:
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>>This appears to be the sort of obsession with replacing editorial
>>judgement with rules that makes Wikipedia into a red tape obstacle
>>course.
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>>Unfortunately, good sense and quality cannot in fact be Taylorised.
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>100% agreed with David here.
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>I'd add that any sufficiently complex system of rules can be
>rules-lawyered by the intelligent and nitpicky to allow results not
>anticipated by the rules' crafters.
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That likelihood increases with the volume of rules.

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