David Gerard wrote: > 2009/8/18 Kat Walsh : > >> 4 out of 5 Wikipedians agree, consensus = 80%. >> What exactly counts as "consensus" is another industrial-sized can of >> worms. I think we slipped into "rough consensus" long ago, and are now >> drifting into supermajorities as a rough substitute, with occasional >> exceptions. Lots of people wanting something doesn't necessarily make >> them right, though it's often a decent guide to it... >> > I have had people tell me "you can't do that, we reached consensus > otherwise" and I go look and it's a straw poll that's *literally* two > people voting for, one against. So it's always useful to check what > someone's calling "consensus." > > > 2 to 1 doesn't even meet the 80% criterion.
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