[Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia is not Usenet (was Re: Re: Policy)

Sat Sep 28 21:20:20 UTC 2002

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.

-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)  