[WikiEN-l] Can we think about trying the "show" solution?

[James Farrar]

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

On 23/02/2008, Raphael Wegmann <raphael at psi.co.at> wrote:
> Andrew Gray schrieb:
> > On 22/02/2008, James Farrar <james.farrar at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 22/02/2008, Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I honestly don't see how you can compare these cases. One is an
> >> > editorial decision of no real significance which we can compromise on
> >> > to be polite with no net cost to the quality of the finished product;
> >>
> >> A compromise is when each side gets some, but not all, of what it
> >> wants.
> >
> > As here. They get less prominent use of the pictures - and, more
> > importantly, an indication that we are willing to think about what
> > we're doing rather than just be aggressive Because We Can - and we,
> > er, still have an encyclopaedic article just a slightly
> > different-looking one! Win-win.
> >
> <snip/>
>
> Thank you Andrew for your effort. Unfortunately it doesn't seem
> like any of those zealots is willing to compromise. Appeasing
> the no-censorship fundamentalists looks like mission impossible.
>
> --
> Raphael
>
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