On 27 August 2010 02:01, Ian Woollard <[email protected]> wrote:

> I would expect that that could be done, but I'd have to think about
> it. But if the process allows people not to check their biases at the
> door, then that's a problem in the process.


Every process allows that. That's because you can't make effective
rules against stupidity or bad faith.

You'd need to show that assuming good faith is not sufficient, and
that the process actively breaks it. (That *should* be enough, but
sadly isn't IME.)


> Actually, the politics of the Wikipedia would probably make an
> interesting case-study for some academic.


I'd be amazed if sociology students desperate for a paper haven't
already swarmed in great numbers.


- d.

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