[WikiEN-l] WP:V, WP:RS, WP:NOR and WP:ATT

[Slim Virgin]

On 3/21/07, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
> The change was made before a sufficient process had taken place to make
> the change, with the result that many good editors were unaware that
> such a fundamental change was about to take place.
>
Jimbo, this simply isn't true. First, there was *no* fundamental
change, just a merge of three untidy pages. Anyone who says there was
a change needs to read NOR and V, then read ATT, and explain what the
fundamental difference is.

As for the process, the discussion and editing lasted four or five
months, and involved hundreds of editors. It was discussed all over
Wikipedia, and the way we knew it was okay to make the merge live is
that people *started to use* WP:ATT of their own accord, refer to it
to support their edits, link to it, quote it. It was evolution, not
revolution, which is the best way to form policy, exactly the same way
BLP developed.

Sarah