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Here Jimbo contributes his reasoning for supporting this policy. <ref></ref> He provides an example of his philosophy for why this policy is beneficial to the mission of Misplaced Pages:
"...let's say the view that the earth is really flat. If flat-earthers descend on the site in hoards, then they will eventually win unless pre-flat-earth regulars band together to continually refactor the pages. It isn't necessarily about numbers, but also about how dedicated the numbers are."
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Summary of essay from Jimbo
Here Jimbo contributes his reasoning for supporting this policy. He provides an example of his philosophy for why this policy is beneficial to the mission of Misplaced Pages:
"...let's say the view that the earth is really flat. If flat-earthers descend on the site in hoards, then they will eventually win unless pre-flat-earth regulars band together to continually refactor the pages. It isn't necessarily about numbers, but also about how dedicated the numbers are."
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"I think that those people who hate rules should ignore them, and let other people, who do care about rules, try, just try, to enforce 'em." -- Larry Sanger
"I say this'll work fine so long as people exhibit common courtesy and don't decide wikipedia is a medium for proselytism." -- JoshuaGrosse
"I now pleasantly ponder the paradox encountered by those who seek to rigorously follow this rule." --Jimbo Wales
"Well, what about the related paradox that there is no Rule to decide that something is a Rule (and so should be ignored)" --OprgaG
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