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</a></span></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidynamism" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikidynamism">Wikidynamism</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Wikidynamism" title="Wikidynamism"> </a></span></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikisecessionism" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikisecessionism">Wikisecessionism</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Wikisecessionism" title="Wikisecessionism"> </a></span></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Redirectionism" title="Special:MyLanguage/Redirectionism">Redirectionism</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Redirectionism" title="Redirectionism"> </a></span></dd></dl> <div class="philosophy-footer"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Philosophy" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Philosophy">+/-</a></div> </div> <p><b>Wikindividualism</b> (sometimes referred to pejoratively as <b>Wikithoritarianism</b>) is a philosophy which values the opinion of certain <i>individual</i> editors over the <i>community</i>, argues that there is no such thing as a community apart from individual editors, and that the collaborative wiki-process works because of rational, reasonable individual editors. It is in direct opposition to <b>Wikidemocratism</b>. </p><p>A Wikindividualist is a strong supporter of the principles that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:DEMOCRACY" class="extiw" title="w:WP:DEMOCRACY">Wikipedia is not a democracy</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:DEMOCRACY" class="extiw" title="w:WP:DEMOCRACY">Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:IAR" class="extiw" title="w:WP:IAR">rules can be ignored</a>. They believe that, in the interests of improving and maintaining the encyclopedia, it is sometimes acceptable to act against the will of the majority of editors. They also argue that because <a href="/wiki/Administrators" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrators">administrators</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bureaucrats" class="mw-redirect" title="Bureaucrats">bureaucrats</a> are chosen by the individuals in the community, they should be trusted to exercise judgment as decision-makers; they agree with the principle that <a href="/wiki/Polls_are_evil" title="Polls are evil">polls are evil</a>, and claim that decisions should be made on the "strength of arguments" made by individual editors, not by majority vote or the irrational will of the collective. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Wikidemocratism_vs._Wikindividualism" data-mw-thread-id="h-Wikidemocratism_vs._Wikindividualism"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikidemocratism_vs._Wikindividualism"></span>Wikidemocratism vs. Wikindividualism<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikidemocratism_vs._Wikindividualism"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikindividualism&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Wikidemocratism vs. Wikindividualism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Wikidemocrat and a Wikindividualist will take differing general positions on a number of issues. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Voting" data-mw-thread-id="h-Voting-Wikidemocratism_vs._Wikindividualism"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Voting-Wikidemocratism_vs._Wikindividualism"></span>Voting<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Voting-Wikidemocratism_vs._Wikindividualism"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikindividualism&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Voting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Wikindividualist</b>: <a href="/wiki/Polls_are_evil" title="Polls are evil">Polls are evil</a>. Where decisions are made after a discussion (e.g. in a deletion discussion or a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:RFA" class="extiw" title="w:WP:RFA">request for adminship</a>) they should be made by the closing <a href="/wiki/Administrator" title="Administrator">administrator</a> or <a href="/wiki/Bureaucrat" title="Bureaucrat">bureaucrat</a>, who should weigh up the "strength of the arguments" and take other users' views only as recommendations.</li> <li><b>Wikidemocrat</b>: <a href="/wiki/Voting_is_a_tool" title="Voting is a tool">Voting is a tool</a>. Numbers <i>do</i> count for something in a discussion, and the closing administrator or bureaucrat should not ignore the views of a majority of editors. Vote counts can be useful in determining the consensus of the community.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Process" data-mw-thread-id="h-Process-Wikidemocratism_vs._Wikindividualism"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Process-Wikidemocratism_vs._Wikindividualism"></span>Process<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Process-Wikidemocratism_vs._Wikindividualism"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikindividualism&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Wikindividualist</b>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:LAWYER" class="extiw" title="w:WP:LAWYER">Wikilawyering is bad</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:IAR" class="extiw" title="w:WP:IAR">rules should be ignored</a>. Processes can and should be circumvented, or disregarded altogether, if they prevent an editor from doing what they think is best to "improve Wikipedia". This includes <a href="/wiki/Administrators" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrators">administrators</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bureaucrats" class="mw-redirect" title="Bureaucrats">bureaucrats</a> in the exercise of their tools.</li> <li><b>Wikidemocrat</b>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:PROCESS" class="extiw" title="w:WP:PROCESS">Process is important</a>. Because administrators and bureaucrats have technical abilities denied to regular users, they <i>must</i> follow processes, policies and guidelines to the letter in exercising their tools, and respect the consensus of the community. Although <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:BOLD" class="extiw" title="w:WP:BOLD">boldness</a> is an important principle, so are discussion and consensus.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_role_of_administrators" data-mw-thread-id="h-The_role_of_administrators-Wikidemocratism_vs._Wikindividualism"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-The_role_of_administrators-Wikidemocratism_vs._Wikindividualism"></span>The role of administrators<span data-mw-comment-end="h-The_role_of_administrators-Wikidemocratism_vs._Wikindividualism"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikindividualism&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The role of administrators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Wikindividualist</b>: <a href="/wiki/Administrators" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrators">Administrators</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bureaucrats" class="mw-redirect" title="Bureaucrats">bureaucrats</a> are chosen by the community, and have demonstrated that they can be trusted. As such, they are decision-makers who should be allowed discretion in using their tools.</li> <li><b>Wikidemocrat</b>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:ADMIN#No_big_deal" class="extiw" title="w:WP:ADMIN">Adminship is no big deal</a>. Administrators are janitors, not politicians; their role is to carry out certain functions that must be restricted to trusted users, but they should <i>only</i> do so within the letter of the policies and with the consensus and agreement of the community.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Justification" data-mw-thread-id="h-Justification-Wikidemocratism_vs._Wikindividualism"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Justification-Wikidemocratism_vs._Wikindividualism"></span>Justification<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Justification-Wikidemocratism_vs._Wikindividualism"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikindividualism&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Justification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Wikindividualist</b>: The main problems of Wikipedia are inaccuracy and lack of <a href="/wiki/NPOV" class="mw-redirect" title="NPOV">NPOV</a>. If Wikipedia is used to spread misinformation, then the public themselves are likely to make bad edits, even in good faith, if they join Wikipedia. Ideologically-based "mobs" are particularly problematic on certain contentious issues.</li> <li><b>Wikidemocrat</b>: The main problem of Wikipedia is community discord. People are <i>always</i> going to disagree, because there is no inherently "correct" way to build an encyclopedia. Editors can disagree in good faith about a variety of issues, such as how NPOV should be interpreted or which topics are suitable for encyclopedic coverage; there is no "right" or "wrong" answer to such questions. If nobody compromises, then Wikipedia will not be an environment where people can cooperate to make constructive edits, and good editors will be driven away.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Examples" data-mw-thread-id="h-Examples"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Examples"></span>Examples<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Examples"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikindividualism&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Administrator X is closing a controversial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:AFD" class="extiw" title="w:WP:AFD">Articles for deletion</a> discussion. They note that there are 20 users arguing for Delete, and 24 arguing for Keep. There is no evidence that any of them are sockpuppets, meatpuppets, or acting in bad faith. However, they strongly disagree with the Keep !voters and regards their argument as essentially a case of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:USEFUL" class="extiw" title="w:WP:USEFUL">"It's useful"</a>. How should they close the discussion? </p> <ul><li><b>Wikindividualist</b>: As <b>Delete</b>. As an administrator, they are trusted by the community to exercise judgment. Opinions are only valid if they are solidly grounded in Wikipedia policies and guidelines; the closing admin should read the arguments and ignore any opinions which they regard as invalid.</li> <li><b>Wikidemocrat</b>: As <b>No consensus</b>. Every user in the discussion gave a good-faith opinion and provided a rationale. It is not acceptable to ignore the views of a majority of users in favour of a minority viewpoint. Administrators are not decision-makers; they are janitors whose responsibility is to use their tools to carry out the will of the community. 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