Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2018-04-26/Opinion

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I repeatedly get surprised when there is a community consensus to revise some well-established policy which thousands of users have read and practiced for years. Often one person is the origin of change, but the especially thoughtful proposal from Renata3 is particularly striking as is the immediate and well organized community response to it. In a bold edit Renata burst out with new ideas and new ways of tapping the Wikipedia community consciousness to articulate what everyone wants. The talk page of the policy is amazing for the iterations and refinements. There is intense discussion for a month, a thorough general request for comments with some very insightful opposition and feedback, and an outpour of pointed deliberation by people with strong opinions and deep understanding. This policy governs Wikipedia's relationship to commercial organizations and is likely to be the directional guidance for investment of tens of millions of dollars in institutional investment in public relations management with regard to Wikipedia. Assuming that Wikipedia survives for 20 years, I imagine that certain individuals' careers will go one way and not another because of the reform path of this guideline. This guideline and its development could be a thesis for any number of research projects related to online community operations and their effects on the broader world. Blue Rasberry (talk) 23:01, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Wow, Bluerasberry, that's a very nice and thoughtful comment. Thank you. Renata (talk) 00:45, 3 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This is an excellent change. I especially like the aspect where the quality of sources needed to establish notability needs to be higher than that used to verify facts. Nick-D (talk) 11:39, 3 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]