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:You can write about criticism in a neutral way, simply saying someone claims something, but this may still be controversial. Comments are facts about what someone said. '''The question is more whether they are ''notable'' facts and whether we are going to allow criticism, links to criticisms, or debates.''' [[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]] 17:26, 7 October 2009 (EDT) | :You can write about criticism in a neutral way, simply saying someone claims something, but this may still be controversial. Comments are facts about what someone said. '''The question is more whether they are ''notable'' facts and whether we are going to allow criticism, links to criticisms, or debates.''' [[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]] 17:26, 7 October 2009 (EDT) | ||
:So I think the best way to deal with conflict is to invite everyone to help develop policy. For example if many admins agree on polices, most editors would probably go along with them or leave. It will take some time. There are many complex issues when you think about it, but I'm confidant that we will figure out how to meet our objectives, eventually. [[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]] 17:26, 7 October 2009 (EDT) | :So I think the best way to deal with conflict is to invite everyone to help develop policy. For example if many admins agree on polices, most editors would probably go along with them or leave. It will take some time. There are many complex issues when you think about it, but I'm confidant that we will figure out how to meet our objectives, eventually. [[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]] 17:26, 7 October 2009 (EDT) | ||
::I copied this section title from the proposal on the article side of this project page. It wasn't my suggestion, although I agree with it. However, based on your response, I suppose the wording doesn't say everything that I would want it to. By "sticking to the facts", what I mean is to only cover the basic information about the wiki, specifically, the parameters in the Wiki template and a description of the wiki, preferably quoted from the main page of the wiki itself. By design, this would not include criticism, commentary, reviews, warnings, or caveats about the wiki. To my mind, regardless of how well sourced it is, opening the door to this kind of criticism leads to the kind of tiresome wikidrama which has been prevalent here in the last few months. | |||
::However, I wish I could find Mark Dilley's commentary on this. As I understand it, the founders of WikiIndex are not inclined to be as restrictive as I am. So, this proposal is probably doomed. :-) --[[User:MarvelZuvembie|MarvelZuvembie]] 17:59, 7 October 2009 (EDT) | |||
== Things to learn from the RationalWiki policies == | == Things to learn from the RationalWiki policies == | ||