Because it reminds people that the true responsibility to be a good
Wikipedian lies with themselves, and not official police or arbiters.
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 2:28 PM, stevertigo <stvrtg(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Tony Sidaway <tonysidaway(a)gmail.com> wrote:
That's intrinsic to ignoring all rules. If
they could give you a rule
for when to ignore the rules, then they could codify that as a new rule
and
ignoring rules would never be necessary--every conceivable eventuality
on Wikipedia would be covered by a rule. > The world doesn't work like that.
This policy relies on people trusting themselves
to make decisions and
take actions that seem okay to them, knowing that if there is a
problem somebody else will spot it and fix it.
How does IAR help limit Civility violations, personal attacks, and slander?
-Stevertigo
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