On Saturday 28 September 2002 05:33 am, The Cunctato
wrote:
This is where you're wrong. In general,
policy is decided by
editing the
policy pages. If there's contention, then it
moves to the talk pages.
Only in the rare case where this is somehow "dangerous" (because the
policy has sweeping and immediate consequence) or the process breaks
down horribly does it need to go to the mailing list.
Where is this written? Policy has to be decided first before being changed.
Period. I think you are pretty much alone in your assertion that policy
can be changed unilaterally and then must be challenged if somebody
disagrees. This may seem logical to you because you are so accustomed to
confrontation (being an old Usenet guy) but for others that just want to work
in harmony under a consistent (yet evolving) set of guidelines, this is not
the way to do things.
Ignoring the explicit policy (or creatively interpreting it) is
equivalent to making unilateral policy decisions. This isn't about
confrontation. The mailing list is a lot more like Usenet than Wiki
pages are.