[WikiEN-l] Common Sense, Concensus and Ethics

Tue Jan 27 12:24:49 UTC 2004

Common sense is always good as is paying attention to peoples expectations
as they try to figure out (pretty complicated these days) what is expected
by the the community. We should always consider how situations feel to our
users and never simply mechanically apply rules.

Fred

> Reply-To: martin at myreddice.co.uk
> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 21:38:37 -0000
> To: arbitration at nerstrand.net
> Subject: Next on the agenda - "Rules"
> 
> Next on the agenda is "Rules": what rules are we going to enforce - on what
> basis 
> will people be found guilty. Some possibilities (brainstorming, really):

> * Our common sense and judgement.
> * Some or all of the [[Wikipedia:policies and guidelines]]
> * The [[Wikipedia:Submission Standards]]
> * Community consensus
> * Jimbo's opinion
> * Morality/ethics
> * ...
> 
> There are no doubt many more. There's also the option of going with a similar
> approach to the way we handled Jurisdiction and starting off with a minimal
> set that 
> we can interpret flexibly and nail down (if necessary) later.
> 
> So, opinions?
> 
> -Martin