[WikiEN-l] I am very concerned by the arbcomm decision against jguk

Sun Jun 19 05:42:11 UTC 2005

I think this is a bad way of putting what is a sound idea in this
instance. It is true that Jguk was changing date formats to something
that offended SouthernComfort and others. It is also true, however,
that SouthernComfort had been changing date formats to something that
offended Jguk and others.

The issue here, though, is that deciding on these issues (as with
whether to use American or English English) comes down to the editors
of a particular article. There appears to be widespread agreement on
the particular articles involved (of which SouthernComfort was one of
the editors) that BCE-CE was preferable in this instance. Jguk then
went around changing them to his preference anyway, regardless of the
article consensus - and that's what isn't on.

-- ambi

On 6/19/05, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at ctelco.net> wrote:
> No, it sets the precedent you cannot impose the particular usage you
> prefer on the rest of the world, especially on groups who are
> offended by that usage. It is more an elaboration of our general
> policy on courtesy. Another aspect of the decision is that you cannot
> unilaterally declare your preference Wikipedia policy without having
> it adopted as an actual policy.
> 
> Fred
> 
> On Jun 18, 2005, at 2:34 PM, Rick wrote:
> 
> > This decision is apparently setting the precedent that
> > if a user can claim that edits they disagree with are
> > offensive to them, then their view is the only
> > acceptable view and the rest of Wikipedia's editors
> > can go hang.
> >
> > RickK
> >
> >
> >
> >
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