[WikiEN-l] Quality vs. consensus (was: Meanwhile, AfD grinds on)
Jeff Heikkinen
jeff.h at shaw.ca
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.
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