[WikiEN-l] Schools again

[Charlotte Webb]

On 7/11/07, Daniel R. Tobias <dan at tobias.name> wrote:
> On 11 Jul 2007 at 23:28:53 +0100, Zoney <zoney.ie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > "Wikipedia-style consensus"
>
> That's defined as:
>
> Character-assassinate everybody who disagrees with your side of a
> dispute, by applying every label you think can possibly be made to
> stick, such as:
>
> 1. Troll
> 2. Single-purpose account
> 3. Partisan of an attack site
> 4. Sockpuppet
> 5. Meatpuppet
> 6. Seems to live in the same state as a banned user
> 7. Was once warned about bad behavior by an admin
> 8. Seems to have similar opinions to a banned user
> 9. Has a low edit count
> 10. Has too few edits in main article space; thus not a useful
> contributor
> 11. Has too few edits outside main article space; thus not
> knowledgeable in policy and governance issues
> 12. Has mostly been fighting vandals; has no real experience making
> substantive edits
> 13. Hasn't been fighting vandals enough; has no familiarity with how
> pernicious and harmful they are, so their opinion on anything
> pertaining to this is suspect
>
> Once all opposing views are successfully labeled, then claim a
> consensus because all remaining people agree.

This is suitable for framing. Please paste it on my old user page if you would.

—C.W.