[WikiEN-l] Spoilers - Ned Scott's comment

[David Gerard]

On 17/05/07, David Goodman <dgoodmanny at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/17/07, Joe Szilagyi <szilagyi at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 5/17/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:

> > > It's not a discussion, people are voting without actually addressing each
> > > other's concerns.

> > Worshipping rules is stupid. That includes the endless "!vote" stupidness.
> > :)
> > If you ask 1,000 people the question, "Is subject x stupid?" and 800 of 1000
> > say, "Why yes, yes it is quite stupid!" Odds are it's stupid. Slavishly
> > insisting that each of them defend their opinions to discuss is just an
> > excuse to discuss for the sake of discussing, and a waste of discussion and
> > everyone's time. If something hurts the encyclopedia, what's there to
> > discuss?

> That however encourages canvassing, and groups protecting unworthy
> articles, or  even attacking things that group dislikes. People should
> judge carefully enough to be able to say why it's stupid. ~~~~


The other problem is that it's pretty much never 1000. Almost all
votelike things on Wikipedia have participation rates in the single
digits for any individual discussion.


- d.