On 17/09/06, charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com
<charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
Hear! Hear!
Phil Sandifer's original post on this is well-argued, though I don't particularly
wish to follow him onto the ground of webcomics.
Common sense needs to apply, sooner rather than later. It indicates things like, oh, in
religion and politics you are not going to have people 100% agreed onw what a reliable
source is (do you believe the Bible or the BBC, sort of thing). Almost any source can be
_fallible_ anyway. So we err generally in the direction of including sources, assuming a
critical reader.
Common sense also says that policies that are written in very black-and-white terms do
not necessarily trump others, which are apparently wishy-washy and aspirational and
don't help you win your edit war on content.
Could the ArbCom please apply cluebats on this subject at the next
opportunity? Thank you!
- d.