Re:Edit Wars Reveal The Most Controversial Topics on Wikipedia
by Osmium on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @06:04PM
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I actually find lame edit wars kinda heartening. It suggests that the people running wikipedia have principles regardless of the topic; that it doesn't matter if it's silly; that if you want to talk about it, it should be done right.
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Re:Edit Wars Reveal The Most Controversial Topics on Wikipedia
by chongli on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @07:59PM
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people running wikipedia have principles
Sure, if you want to call ego a principle. Or whatever you want to call the emotion that leads to tunnel-vision; to thinking about what you're going to say next without even hearing the other side.
Re:Edit Wars Reveal The Most Controversial Topics on Wikipedia
by InclinedPlane on Thursday July 18, 2013 @12:09AM
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When the strength of a principle is expended in meaningless battles over minutiae the principle is weakened greatly.
More importantly, there is no such thing as a perfectly self-consistent set of ethical or moral rules. There will always be gray areas and areas of extreme complexity. It's far more valuable to know when to make exceptions and how to uphold the spirit of a principle independent of absurdly rigid rules.