Yes, surely, this makes sense. On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Andreas Kolbe <jayen...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > This suggests the problem is: how do you *get across to* > > someone that > > they're just ignorant, in a manner that is duplicable > > across the wiki, > > and do that without breaking our spectacular successes so > > far? > > > Well, one way is to make clear to our editors that we expect them to make a > bit of an effort to research the existing scholarly literature. (And that > they should do so first before arguing with people who have completed that > step already.) > > However, that idea does encounter resistance. I am reminded that I proposed > as much once, a good few years ago. I started a talk page discussion, and we > made some changes and additions (some of which are still in the guideline > today). > > One change which didn't make it was the addition of this sentence: > > "A review of the existing scholarly literature should be the first step in > starting work on an article." > > The way the sentence was edit-warred out of the guideline is quite funny, > in hindsight. It was removed a day later, with the edit summary: > > "Rm sentence that runs counter to policy." > > Another editor put it back in, slightly changed, so it now said: > > "A review of the existing scholarly literature *is recommended before* > starting work on an article." > > Half an hour later, that was taken out as well, edit summary: > > "Asking the general public to become familiar with scholarly literature > (which does not exist for all subjects) prior to editing places an > unrealistic burden upon would-be editors. Where’s the policy?" > > I added it one more time, and it was taken out again and described as > "nonsense". > > You get what you pay for. > > Andreas > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
