Automoderated users, Autopatrolled users, Bureaucrats, Comment administrators, Confirmed users, Moderators, Rollbackers, Administrators
213,897
edits
All The Tropes:There is No One True Way: Difference between revisions
All The Tropes:There is No One True Way (view source)
Revision as of 22:13, 24 March 2021
, 3 years agono edit summary
Looney Toons (talk | contribs) (fixed redlink) |
No edit summary |
||
| (5 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{policy shortcut|ATT:TIMTOWTDI|ATT:TINOTW|ATT:1WAY}}
{{quote|[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ThereIsMoreThanOneWayToDoIt There is more than one way to do it.]|Larry Wall, whose IRC Nick is "[[Fun with Acronyms|TimToady]]"}}
Line 5 ⟶ 6:
'''There Is No One True Way''' is a phrase from [[Mercedes Lackey]]'s ''[[Heralds of Valdemar]]'' series, and is an official policy of the titular kingdom<ref>It's also a common tenet in [[Neopaganism]], which has clear influences on the religions and cultures of Lackey's world.</ref>. It's also an official policy here, because it encompasses so much of our philosophy.
First of all, [[All The Tropes:Multiple Points of View|Multiple Points of View]] are encouraged on the wiki, because people can experience the same work differently, depending on their life experiences. This is actually considered one of the marks of Great Literature. Besides, we all have our own forms of [[Author Appeal]], and this is completely okay. We even have [[YMMV]] pages where we ''expect'' to see things that not everybody agrees about.
The second part of it is being tolerant to others. You may not agree with an editor, but you should always be able to ''respect'' another editor. Sometimes it's simple [[Values Dissonance]], and you can learn from each other's points of view. Perhaps another editor has a learning disability, and is simply expressing himself/herself as best as they possibly can. Maybe you're [[Take a Third Option|both right or both wrong]]. Try to come to a compromise where you can live in peace, and ask others for help in resolving any problems.
The One True Way might actually exist, but it's hard to say. After all, [[Most Writers Are Human]]. Including you.<ref>If you are non-human, please let us know, because that would be pretty awesome. Less importantly, we'd need to update this page.</ref> Including the administrators as well. As such, most of the rules on [[All The Tropes:Policy for Wiki Staff|Policy for Wiki Staff]] are derived from this policy.
----
{{reflist}}
{{The Troper's Code}}
[[Category:Wiki Policy]]
| |||