On 11/10/2007, Zoney zoney.ie@gmail.com wrote:
it ignores the fact that rational people will eventually give up rather than deal with bullies and morons.
Sorry, that's not entirely fair. There are also people who will not back down from their point-of-view because they truly believe they are in the right (indeed sometimes there are). Sometimes it's just persistence winning the day rather than bullying or such - though I still contend that there are those who are overly forceful in running roughshod in discussions over other contributors, even if not always breaking technical constraints such as "no personal attacks". Also, while it is offensive to call specific people morons, I think that we can accept that there are some on Wikipedia merely through there being so many contributors. And unfortunately, we have to deal with them. My point is that current decision-making mechanisms don't really allow for avoiding endless disruption caused by such individuals.
Zoney