[WikiEN-l] on consensus (was: Is NPOV non-negotiable?)

[charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com]

Steve Summit wrote

>Back in the glory days of Usenet, people
> often asked, "What am I allowed to post?", and my answer was
> always, "You can post whatever you can get away with."
> And much the same applies to Wikipedia.
> 
> This isn't necessarily a bad thing.  We even enshrine the notion,
> in a way, by having an actual policy saying it's okay to Ignore
> All Rules.

Also Be Bold, also sofixit. Policy is a skeleton, supporting what we do. It is not scaffolding enveloping the whole project, supposedly taken down when its finished but obscuring the view of the work.

Charles

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