[WikiEN-l] Oversized criticism sections and WP:UNDUE

[Charles Matthews]

George Herbert wrote:

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>
> It's not so much that it's impossible to do and make stick, as doing
> it and making it stick requires the right people, timing, attention,
> and focus, and those are all in perpetual short supply.
>
>   
Well, of course I respect your hands-on experience. I was coming at the 
civility issue from the direction it arose (Arbcom) in what is now a 
rambling, vertiginous thread. I just want to add my theoretical 
analysis: a recent academic study has spoken in terms of our arbitration 
process as conditioned by an idea of "weeding in" (rather than "weeding 
out" of troublesome individuals). This says something about the 
traditional approach of drawing boundaries and making it clear what 
crosses them. My view is that this concept has been tried on civility 
and (despite what is a goodish record with other issues) has not shown 
itself as well adapted as for other vexing matters.

Charles