On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 9:04 AM, David Goodman <dgoodmanny(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Examine Tony's statement earlier in the thread:
"I agree 100% If I can't convince anybody that something belongs in
Wikipedia, it doesn't belong in Wikipedia."
He doesnt say "convince everybody" Read literally, if any unbiased
editor will support something, it should stay in, just as we don't ban
a user if any one administrator is willing to unblock him.
More practically, it would require the consent of the community to
remove material. The only other way of reading it, is that it means,
convince everybody--but there wont be any content at all left on
controversial subjects if we do that. So I suppose he means
consensus. I agree with him that the removal of good-faith material
should require prior consensus.
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Charlotte Webb
<charlottethewebb(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 3/10/08, Tony Sidaway
<tonysidaway(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I agree 100% If I can't convince anybody that
something belongs in
Wikipedia, it doesn't belong in Wikipedia.
Depends on your definition of "anybody" in this context. Hopefully you
can recognize the (subtle) ambiguity here, but I can explain it if
necessary (and if I can find the words to concisely do so, which might
not be so easy).
—C.W.
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You are correct if, and only if, it is sourced. Our core policies
already have clear consensus that -unsourced- information may be
removed by anyone at any time, and that such information may not be
put back until and unless a credible source is located.
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Freedom is the right to say that 2+2=4. From this all else follows.