And what a waste, too, when they could have just written, “anything that does not sufficiently toe the leftist line will be deleted. In addition, users submitting said changes will be banned from further submissions.”
It isn't to justify anything to you. They need to justify their actions to themselves. It's a cleansing ritual that allows them to shift responsibility.
They need fake rules so they can use them to manipulate them in their favor while maintaining plausible deniability that they're being "fair".
They also act as a gatekeeping mechanism, because it keeps people who don't like the rules-lawyering (which lends itself towards certain personality traits) out of positions of authority.
So... Is the GG article explaining the Zoe Post with cited links to it leading to reveal conflicts of interest within the gaming media industry and then highlighting under controversy Wikipedia's very own staff and favored circles egging on the misinformation campaign about it?
Link. It is pretty bad. Certain things are not up for discussion anymore if they might hurt any fictional group I can come up with:
Blabla... We want these communities to be positive, safe and healthy environments for anyone who joins (and wants to join) them...
In line with the Wikimedia mission, all who participate in Wikimedia projects and spaces will:
help create a world in which everyone can freely share in the sum of all knowledge
be part of a global community that will avoid bias and prejudice, and
strive towards accuracy and verifiability in all its work.
You have to toe the party line - always and everywhere - if you want to be anywhere near the project:
...It applies to everyone who interacts and contributes to online and offline Wikimedia projects and spaces ... functionaries within the projects, event organizers and participants, employees and board members of affiliates and employees and board members of the Wikimedia Foundation. It applies to all Wikimedia projects, technical spaces, in-person and virtual events, as well as the following instances:
private, public and semi-public interactions
discussions of disagreement and expression of solidarity across community members
issues of technical development
aspects of content contribution
cases of representing affiliates/communities with external partners.
Political commissars:
1 – Introduction
...Actions that contradict the Universal Code of Conduct can result in sanctions. These may be imposed by designated functionaries (as appropriate in their local context)...
Protected groups and identity over merit:
2 – Expected behaviour
...This applies to all contributors and participants in their interaction with all contributors and participants, without expectations based on age, mental or physical disabilities, physical appearance, national, religious, ethnic and cultural background, caste, social class, language fluency, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex or career field. Nor will we make exceptions based on standing, skills or accomplishments in the Wikimedia projects or movement.
Enforced Newspeak:
2.1 – Mutual respect
Respect the way that contributors name and describe themselves. People may use specific terms to describe themselves. As a sign of respect, use these terms when communicating with or about these people
And now some interesting bits from the catalogue of bad behavior:
3 – Unacceptable behavior
Insults: ...any attacks based on personal characteristics. Insults may refer to perceived characteristics like intelligence,... race,... gender, sex, disability, age,... or other characteristics.
And now the twist:
(Note: The Wikimedia movement does not endorse "race" and "ethnicity" as meaningful distinctions among people. Their inclusion here is to mark that they are prohibited in use against others as the basis for personal attacks.)
I like that one because it is especially clever. If race was a protected category, someone could technically be racist against the white devils. This is similar to the linguistic trickery they are trying to pull with the constitution in Germany right now. But I digress. You can sometimes only be bad if you have privilege. Expertise, reputation and perceived reliability are also privilege. The more of these you have, the more privilege. Also these do not trump my feelings:
3.2 – Abuse of power, privilege, or influence
Abuse occurs when someone in a real or perceived position of power, privilege, or influence engages in disrespectful, cruel, and/or violent behaviour towards other people...
...People with community authority have a particular privilege to be viewed as reliable and should not abuse this to attack others who disagree with them.
And lastly, hate speech and forbidden thought categories based on fictional strangers sensibilities again:
3.3 – Content vandalism and abuse of the projects
...
Hate speech in any form, or discriminatory language aimed at vilifying, humiliating, inciting hatred against individuals or groups on the basis of who they are or their personal beliefs
The use of symbols, images, categories, tags or other kinds of content that are intimidating or harmful to others outside of the context of encyclopedic, informational use. This includes imposing schemes on content intended to marginalize or ostracize.
So this means they'll remove all things sourced by The Guardian, since they literally lied about Wikipedia (ArbComGate) and thus clearly to them shouldn't be a reliable source?
That’s 21% longer than the US Declaration of Independence and 35% as long as the Constitution w/I amendments just for their code of conduct.
And what a waste, too, when they could have just written, “anything that does not sufficiently toe the leftist line will be deleted. In addition, users submitting said changes will be banned from further submissions.”
Keep letting the deletionists have their way, soon there won't be any misinformation because there won't be any information.
(And I'm sure their precious code will just be their flavor of "fact checkers" and never used against actual falsehoods and vandalism.)
True but it isn't happening slowly
The worst example of this I've ever seen is Scott Atlas' Wiki page. It's horrifying levels of defamation.
What's the point anymore? Just write whatever your club wants. You don't need fake rules.
It isn't to justify anything to you. They need to justify their actions to themselves. It's a cleansing ritual that allows them to shift responsibility.
Yeah, I guess.
It's to maintain a facade of neutrality, thereby preserving its credibility. It's the same shit progressive propaganda mills like the NYT do.
They need fake rules so they can use them to manipulate them in their favor while maintaining plausible deniability that they're being "fair".
They also act as a gatekeeping mechanism, because it keeps people who don't like the rules-lawyering (which lends itself towards certain personality traits) out of positions of authority.
"includes language aimed at preventing the abuse of power and influence to intimidate others".
They dint even need fake rules. Just rules with wishy-washy definitions because of the lefts abuse of language and then they can selectively enforce.
So... Is the GG article explaining the Zoe Post with cited links to it leading to reveal conflicts of interest within the gaming media industry and then highlighting under controversy Wikipedia's very own staff and favored circles egging on the misinformation campaign about it?
No?
Then it's a worthless code of conduct.
Link. It is pretty bad. Certain things are not up for discussion anymore if they might hurt any fictional group I can come up with:
You have to toe the party line - always and everywhere - if you want to be anywhere near the project:
Political commissars:
Protected groups and identity over merit:
Enforced Newspeak:
And now some interesting bits from the catalogue of bad behavior:
And now the twist:
I like that one because it is especially clever. If race was a protected category, someone could technically be racist against the white devils. This is similar to the linguistic trickery they are trying to pull with the constitution in Germany right now. But I digress. You can sometimes only be bad if you have privilege. Expertise, reputation and perceived reliability are also privilege. The more of these you have, the more privilege. Also these do not trump my feelings:
And lastly, hate speech and forbidden thought categories based on fictional strangers sensibilities again:
So this means they'll remove all things sourced by The Guardian, since they literally lied about Wikipedia (ArbComGate) and thus clearly to them shouldn't be a reliable source?