[Campaigns-l] Re: Campaigns-l Digest, Vol 1, Issue 12

[Chad Lupkes]

Jim, I think there's a significant difference between neutrality and
fairness.  Neutrality means that nothing overtly one sided would be welcome,
and that's not a true political discussion.  I think we need to treat each
other fairly, meaning that all points are welcome (excluding direct
insults), and are encouraged to be matched by other points of view.  I don't
think we will or should try for neutrality, but I do think we should try and
push for fairness.

Chad


On 7/7/06, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
>
> Maurice McGinley (Ovis) wrote:
> >> On 7/6/06, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
> >> > 2.  Issues - neutral (VERY IMPORTANT!!!) presentations of various
> >> > campaign issues, the point here is to give voters a place to come for
> >> > basic information about active issues.
> >
> > Other posts have suggested:
> > 1. neutrality is difficulty and unlikely, and
> > 2. a registration requirement may be inevitable.
> >
> > I agree.
>
> I have a lot of experience with wikis, and people who are new to wikis
> always think that neutrality is difficult and unlikely (but usually, it
> is not as hard as people think), and people always think that a
> registration requirement is inevitable (but usually, it is not).
>
> > Further, I would like to see this used as a forum for policy
> > development, where known agents with public agendas and agreed goals
> > discuss and develop policy in the sunlight. ...An open-source policy
> > incubator. The challenge will be to allow as many as possible to
> > participate while maintaining the quality of debate.
>
> This is what wikis are really good at.
>
> --Jimbo
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