[WikiEN-l] Quality vs. consensus (was: Meanwhile, AfD grinds on)

Thu Oct 20 06:29:23 UTC 2005

Ray Saintonge wrote:
> Poor, Edmund W wrote:
> 
>> I think the word you're looking for is "irony". Alphax was making the
>> ironic observation that an overwhelming number of Wikipedians are more
>> concerned with consensus than with quality.
>>
> Not only that but they misunderstand the nature of consensus.  Effective 
> consensus depends on having effective community.  Consensus that is 
> motivated by being right and winninbg your point is not much of a 
> consensus.

I'm not sure what you mean by "winning your point", but why is being 
right NOT a good motivation? I'm having a hard time thinking of a better 
one.