On 3 October 2011 13:06, Ken Arromdee <arromdee(a)rahul.net> wrote:
On Mon, 3 Oct 2011, Scott MacDonald wrote:
I've never understood people's problem
with WP:DICK.
Because invoking it is equivalent to calling the other person a dick.
One of the fun things we wrote into the policy right from the start
was that invoking it was reflexively wrong, so really people shouldn't
(barring extreme circumstances). It's primarily foundational (or
"constitutional") policy from which other merely high-level policies
spring (e.g. No Personal Attacks; Don't Revert, Discuss; Consensus Can
Change, etc.).
If you find examples of people invoking it against others, you should
take that to AN/I or a similar venue as it's generally a violation of
NPA. ArbCom citing it in a case doesn't count, obviously.
J.
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