Re: [WikiEN-l] Rules on WP, was Re: Talk pages Considered Harmful (for references)

2011-12-27 Thread Ken Arromdee
On Fri, 23 Dec 2011, Charles Matthews wrote: And the more you use it's in the rules as a club to hit bad users with, the more others can use it as a club to force bad ideas through; there's just no defense to what I want follows the rules. You see this all the time for BLPs: Don't you have

Re: [WikiEN-l] Rules on WP, was Re: Talk pages Considered Harmful (for references)

2011-12-24 Thread Ray Saintonge
On 12/23/11 7:27 AM, Charles Matthews wrote: On 22 December 2011 18:10, Ken Arromdeearrom...@rahul.net wrote: And the more you use it's in the rules as a club to hit bad users with, the more others can use it as a club to force bad ideas through; there's just no defense to what I want

[WikiEN-l] Rules on WP, was Re: Talk pages Considered Harmful (for references)

2011-12-23 Thread Charles Matthews
On 22 December 2011 18:10, Ken Arromdee arrom...@rahul.net wrote: And for the general problem is something I've often noted: Wikipedia is set up to force people to follow the rules. Interesting debating point, but I think the comment is ahistorical. It is more accurate, IMO, to note that