[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia Leadership (was NY Times article on gender gap in Wikipedia contributors}

[Marc Riddell]

> 
>> I could make out the last sentence
>> which
>> contained the phrases, "meaning of consensus", and "consent of the entire
>> community". No one has yet defined for me the "meaning of consensus", nor
>> described for me how the "consent of the entire community" is determined.
>> 
>> Marc
>> 
> on 2/1/11 7:52 PM, Fred Bauder at fredbaud at fairpoint.net wrote:

> We discuss policy issues at length, consider the reasons for adopting
> alternatives, and come to agreement.
> 
C'mon Fred, isn't that rather vague? What I'm asking (again) is, after the
discussion is other, how is it determined that a consensus of the Community
has been reached?

Marc