Wikidynamism

Wikidynamism is a philosophy that favors decentralized problem solving. It holds that tropers should allow fellow editors and groups thereof the freedom to associate with one another in whatever ways they choose that don't directly interfere with others; to experiment with wikitechnology; and to speak their minds without censorship, as long as they do not, in exercising these freedoms, forcibly infringe on others' ability to pursue their own paths. This philosophy is closely connected to wikindividualism and laissez-faire.

Wikidynamism also has elements of mediawikianism, because it favors designing the software to be modular and customizable. Users can install their own plugins, allowing experiments to be conducted among those users who are willing to participate, rather than on the entire community or site as a whole. Likewise, site owners can make their own choices about what extensions to install, and those extensions can compete on an even playing field for wide acceptance.

Wikidynamist policies take a hands-off approach to userspace and oppose mobocracy, favoring instead individual choice in which people's wishes are carried about by leaders chosen through consumer and investor democracy. The theory is that in a free marketplace of ideas, in which people pursue whatever thoughts and plans they believe are best, many options will be tried, found wanting, and rejected, while others will be proven successful and be widely adopted. Wikidynamism holds that this is a surer and better way of evaluating ideas than posting proposals and hold a discussion largely based on "what-if" scenarios that may have little relevance to what would actually happen in practice.

This policy is not completely feasible on All The Tropes at this time, at least to the extent of allowing users to install and uninstall whatever extensions they choose, but otherwise, whatever scripts and stylesheets a user wants to employ for their own personal use are left to their personal preferences.