On 1/7/06, Peter Mackay
<peter.mackay(a)bigpond.com> wrote:
But how does a new editor know the difference
between policy, policy and
policy? He needs to be set straight on the important things, but I can't
see any way of doing that without some sort of discussion.
Policy pages should fufill this function, and if they do not, they should be
rewritten. Sure, questions are necessary to clarify fine points and
applications in particular instances, but users who refuse to read policy
pages after being directed to them and need basic things explained to them
over and over again or who wish to argue about fundamental policy points are
time-wasting problem users.
That's still a paternalistic, dictatorial model. You're closing off the
possibility that they may have better ideas. That's also precisely
what's wrong with many educational systems who grind children into an
unquestiuning submission to the system.