[WikiEN-l] {{Spoiler}} insanity

[Marc Riddell]

on 5/16/07 8:43 PM, doc at doc.wikipedia at ntlworld.com wrote:

> This is the problem with so many of our stylistic policies -
> few people care until the small clique that develops them starts
> enforcing conformity across swathes of articles. When people who are
> actually working on the article complain - they are told it is policy -
> and directed to the policy page - if they want to change it they must go
> there. When they do, the clique quickly rejects them. The same pattern
> is happening with infobox mania and with bloated Wikiprojects where a
> small  group, often of non-writers, decides that all articles in 'their'
> field will conform to their rules.

I am honestly not trying to reopen an old subject, but this is EXACTLY what
happened in the area of WP Categories. It is exactly what I encountered.

Marc Riddell