[WikiEN-l] oopsie-- mainstream journalists trust Wikipedia again

[Thomas Dalton]

On 07/10/2007, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 07/10/2007, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Evidences?
> >
> > Lack of evidence to the contrary. When people disagree with something,
> > they generally say so quite loudly. When people agree with something,
> > they are usually much quieter. I've seem plenty of people complaining
> > about the application of BLP to a particular article, but few
> > complaining about BLP in general.
> >
>
> Because you can't effectively overturn that which is opposed from above.

According to WP:BLP, the policy is based on consensus, just like any
other. While it may have been suggested by Jimbo, there is nothing on
the page saying it's imposed by the board.

> > > If we go by what happens BLP does not exist unless an admin with an
> > > agenda turns up.
> >
> > *shrugs* Then that's the policy.
>
>
> It is not an acceptable policy for a rational community.

Then the community isn't rational - that doesn't really surprise me.