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{{Personal infobox | {{Personal infobox | ||
|image = | |image = https://upload.Wikimedia.org/wikiversity/en/thumb/3/3e/WIN_20150603_210114.JPG/300px-WIN_20150603_210114.JPG | ||
|name = <!--full official name of person--> | |name = Abdul Rahman Lomax<!--full official name of person--> | ||
|age = Grandfather (of six)<sup>([[WikiIndex talk:Prohibited content#Controversial sites|ref]])</sup> <!--leave blank if unknown--> | |age = Born 1944,<sup>[http://coldfusioncommunity.net/biography-abd-ul-rahman-lomax/]</sup> Grandfather (of six)<sup>([[WikiIndex talk:Prohibited content#Controversial sites|ref]])</sup> <!--leave blank if unknown--> | ||
|gender = {{tag|Male Wiki People|Male}} | |gender = {{tag|Male Wiki People|Male}} | ||
|other names= Abd <!--wiki username(s), other nickname(s); leave blank if none/unknown--> | |other names= Abd <!--wiki username(s), other nickname(s); leave blank if none/unknown--> | ||
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|residence = {{tag|Wiki People from the United States|USA}} <!--city, state, country; tag the latter, eg {{tag|Wiki People from Germany|Germany}}, etc; leave blank if unknown--> | |residence = {{tag|Wiki People from the United States|USA}} <!--city, state, country; tag the latter, eg {{tag|Wiki People from Germany|Germany}}, etc; leave blank if unknown--> | ||
|home wiki = [[English Wikiversity]]<!--wikilink to WikiIndex article(s); leave blank if unknown--> | |home wiki = [[English Wikiversity]]<!--wikilink to WikiIndex article(s); leave blank if unknown--> | ||
|status = <!--'Active', 'Semi-active', 'WikiHoliday', 'Retired', 'Deceased', etc; leave blank if unknown--> | |status = Active <!--'Active', 'Semi-active', 'WikiHoliday', 'Retired', 'Deceased', etc; leave blank if unknown--> | ||
|website = <!--eg: http://PersonalURL.org - leave blank if none/unknown--> | |website = http://ColdFusionCommunity.net <!--eg: http://PersonalURL.org - leave blank if none/unknown--> | ||
|contacts = <!--Skype, IRC, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc; only with prior permission; leave blank if none/unknown--> | |contacts = <!--Skype, IRC, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc; only with prior permission; leave blank if none/unknown--> | ||
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'''Abd''' is a long-term student of [[:Category:Consensus|consensus]] process, and anticipated much of the [[Wikisphere|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 [[:Category:NPOV|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. | '''Abdul Rahman Lomax''', who edits under the username '''Abd''', is a long-term student of [[:Category:Consensus|consensus]] process, and anticipated much of the [[Wikisphere|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 [[:Category:NPOV|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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And so it goes. My home wiki is now [[English Wikiversity]], where I am active, and where I have been [[sysop]] a number of times. Because [[:Category:Wikiversity|Wikiversity]] allows, and allows subpages in mainspace, and implements neutrality inclusively instead of exclusively, there is little content conflict on Wikiversity, and [[:Category:Education|educational]] resources may be developed there with high depth, while maintaining overall neutrality (if the maintainers of the resource care to make it so, and we know how to do it). | And so it goes. My home wiki is now [[English Wikiversity]], where I am active, and where I have been [[sysop]] a number of times. Because [[:Category:Wikiversity|Wikiversity]] allows, and allows subpages in mainspace, and implements neutrality inclusively instead of exclusively, there is little content conflict on Wikiversity, and [[:Category:Education|educational]] resources may be developed there with high depth, while maintaining overall neutrality (if the maintainers of the resource care to make it so, and we know how to do it). | ||
;External links | |||
*[[Wikiversity:User:Abd]] — user page on the [[English Wikiversity]] | |||
[[Category:AccountUsed2014]] | [[Category:AccountUsed2014]] | ||
[[Category:AccountUsed2015]] | [[Category:AccountUsed2015]] | ||