[WikiEN-l] So, has the need for consensus in wikipedia been eliminated?

[Chris Howie]

On Jan 10, 2008 11:58 AM, Majorly <axel9891 at googlemail.com> wrote:

> There will be opposition to everything proposed on enwiki. I'd be just as
> annoyed as you if the consensus was, say 55%, much less than what is
> normally considered to be so. People are always scared of new things
> appearing, but that's how it is. I honestly can't see why those in
> opposition can't give this a chance, and complain only when something goes
> wrong.


We are upset because it was a gross violation of process, not because "we
lost and you won."  Some of the people who supported the proposal are just
as upset about this.  As far as I am concerned, something did go wrong,
something far more important than rollback.


> We didn't ask for undo did we? It just happened. There's probably
> other things too.


Clicking undo is exactly the same thing as clicking the "edit" link on the
left half of a diff, except that an edit summary is filled in for you.  That
said, I would have liked to see community discussion about that before it
was implemented, too.

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Chris Howie
http://www.chrishowie.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers