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

[Philippe Beaudette]

Yeah, see, there's the pesky problem with polling (and with democracy) - unfortunately, sometimes the majority are idiots.  So it comes down to a question: how much do you trust the teeming hordes?  Until we can come up with a better way of gauging community feeling, I think we're stuck with !voting.

Philippe
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Slim Virgin 
  To: English Wikipedia 
  Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 2:41 PM
  Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] WP:V, WP:RS, WP:NOR and WP:ATT


  On 3/21/07, Jossi Fresco <jossifresco at mac.com> wrote:
  > 1. Develop the policy as a proposal as we have done with ATT;
  > 2. Seek Jimbo's feedback when involved editors think it is time ;
  > 3. Submit the proposed policy to a "public vote" via a poll,
  > including  the rationale for the policy, a summary of of the steps
  > taken by involved editors (e.g time discussed, number of edits,
  > advertising done to mailing lists, Village Pump, etc.) as well as
  > Jimbo's comments.
  >
  I worry about the poll thing. When you're dealing with policy, you
  have to know that the new proposal is consistent with other policies
  and guidelines, consistent in letter *and* spirit. A poll might
  attract 200 editors who know about the policies and have carefully
  considered all the implications, which is great, but what if it
  attracts 200 editors who've barely read them?

  Developing a content policy isn't like discussing an article for
  deletion, or a behavioral policy like 3RR. With the content policies,
  the bottom line is that people have to know what they're talking
  about, or else we'll end up with a dog's breakfast of pages that
  contradict each other in subtle ways. We can't afford to have that
  situation with pages that determine the content of Wikipedia.

  Sarah

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