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I am a a long-term student of Consensus|consensus process, and anticipated much of the wiki movement.  However, the 800 lb gorilla, the [[English Wikipedia]], was naive about consensus process and the community did not realize that it is far from 'quick'.  That is, the basic operation of the [[wiki]] could indeed be quick, ad hoc, and it was not surprising that this worked as well as it did.  However, for the project to be NPOV (express a neutral point of view), genuine consensus process was needed.  Outside of narrow circumstances where high consensus is relatively natural, this requires deep discussion and often skilled facilitation.
I am a a long-term student of [[:Category:Consensus|consensus process]], and anticipated much of the wiki movement.  However, the 800 lb gorilla, the [[English Wikipedia]], was naive about consensus process and the community did not realize that it is far from 'quick'.  That is, the basic operation of the [[wiki]] could indeed be quick, ad hoc, and it was not surprising that this worked as well as it did.  However, for the project to be NPOV (express a neutral point of view), genuine consensus process was needed.  Outside of narrow circumstances where high consensus is relatively natural, this requires deep discussion and often skilled facilitation.


So Wikipedia failed to be neutral.  It has ideals of neutrality, and often meets them, but never became reliable, because of a lack of structure that would make this happen.
So Wikipedia failed to be neutral.  It has ideals of neutrality, and often meets them, but never became reliable, because of a lack of structure that would make this happen.
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