tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post7865834357690278631..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: One Thing that's Becoming Less PartisanJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-31196317440595333682016-10-19T15:56:46.155-04:002016-10-19T15:56:46.155-04:00Wikipedia is sort of a self selecting system, thou...Wikipedia is sort of a self selecting system, though.<br /><br />Anyone can edit wikipedia, but there is an established core of veterans who subscribe to the notion of neutrality, and they effectively have the final say. You can edit a page however you want, but odds are good that if it isn't neutral enough, that edit will disappear in short order. This means that new editors either get with the program, get fed up and quit, or stubbornly persist and get banned.<br /><br />If you set up rules for a web community and are firm in enforcing them - particularly if you give the community itself the power to self enforce - then you trend toward whatever philosophical ideal you've laid out in your rules. It just so happens that the people who built wikipedia decided they wanted it to be factual and neutral, and they've done a good job of encouraging that mentality over others through consistant and collaborative/collective enforcement of those core values and rules.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com