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

[Marc Riddell]

> 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.

on 10/7/07 11:04 AM, Thomas Dalton at thomas.dalton at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Then the community isn't rational - that doesn't really surprise me.
> 
Wikipedia is an emotional community - not a rational one. Whether this is
acceptable is up to the Community itself.

Marc Riddell