User talk:Pixelface/On NOTPLOT

I'm not sure what point you are making regarding this edit. I wasn't singling that site out because it was a wikia, and if you notice these edits, [1] and [2] I think that would support that. At that time that seemed to be the consensus, to link to other wiki sites, and so I was just following that. I'd also dispute that PLOT was opposed by six editors when I added it. Deckiller and Willioamborg are the only two I see outright opposing before I added it, and Deckiller swung round after discussing it. No-one else "out-right" said no. In retrospect, I wish they had, but they didn't. I made my call, rightly or wrongly, and I've learnt from it. Also, you're stats on the amount of fiction articles we have seem to conflict with what is in the latest signpost. They put culture and the arts at 30%, so WP:PLOT can't apply to anything greater than that, and likely less given that will include articles on art movements and so on. You also might want to think about WP:SILENCE and what that means. I agree that six people should not be able to tell 158 000 editors what to do, but I would hope you would agree that those 158 000 editors need to make those six editors aware of that fact. Decisions on Wikipedia get made by small groups, always have and always will until those 158 000 editors take heed. Go look at the date auto-formatting poll, that got 521 participants who effectively decided how we link dates. That's just how it works. regarding the Mike Godwin quote, there's another one on his user page I'd like you to consider linking too to, if you don't mind. Other than that, I think you hit all of the bases. Hiding T 11:12, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

• Do you mind if I edit the page at all? Hiding T 13:15, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
  • I do mind, so please don't edit this page. But feel free to copy and paste the text onto a subpage in your userspace and edit it there, like I said to you on June 16. --Pixelface (talk) 19:21, 24 July 2009 (UTC)