On 16 November 2012 13:11, Andreas Kolbe <[email protected]> wrote:

> The supreme irony here is that Wikipedia set out to be open, in contrast to
> the ivory tower of academe. Yet over the space of a decade, Wikipedia has
> become so involved, and its policy so impenetrable and contradictory, that
> people are now making a living from guiding others through it.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immune_system#Layered_defense . It's
about living in the real world.

It is quite possible for policies to contradict each other, or be in
tension. I don't regard this as one of our major issues, however.

Charles

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