On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 2:03 PM, Brandon Black <bbl...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 7:34 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hmm. I think enwiki has the benefit of having the widest reach and most >> extensive development of its policies under a consensus model. > > Note that the consensus of current active community members is > inherently a poor guideline for policies that are intended to increase > the participation in an open community. The ones you're trying to > bring in aren't there to be part of the consensus.
Majority/consensus opinion are generally not the best way to ensure that a minority is protected either. [0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority Bryan -- Bryan Davis Wikimedia Foundation <bd...@wikimedia.org> [[m:User:BDavis_(WMF)]] Sr Software Engineer Boise, ID USA irc: bd808 v:415.839.6885 x6855 _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
