Nathan wrote:
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> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Charles Matthews
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> As far as I know, motivation is still a bad argument at AfD. The
> basic
> "conflict of interest" point is not that motives should be pure,
> whatever that means, but that outside motivation should not be
> playing a
> role so large that the interests of the encyclopedia are pushed to
> one side.
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>
> And how should the role of outside motivation be determined?
At the level of discussion trying to reach a consensus on content, it's
the thumb on the scales applied when people are trying to balance up
factors. But it really takes a dispute resolution process to deal with
the consequences, for example to see if a topical ban is required. It
was always intended that a COI guideline was mainly about preventing
people blundering into the kind of edit wars that would be the worst for
them; and not designed as such for enforcement.
> Personally, I think "conflict of interest" and "outside motivation"
> arguments should be completely verboten in deletion discussions - they
> are irrelevant and call for pure speculation by participants. I don't
> care why an article was created, what matters is the quality and value
> of the content itself.
I agree, that is how it should be.
Charles
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