Talk:Faction tag

Interesting idea. This could be done by using w:Wikipedia:Template messages --Juxo 12:33, 14 Jul 2004 (EEST) but the real question once again is that who wants to take on the burden of power of flagging some article approved/disapproved/should not exist on behalf of a faction and how will those persons be chosen or is there even a need to determine who can and who can't do such things on behalf of some faction.

Once again we run into the age-old problem of requiring a power structure without wanting one because all new power structures are always based on earlier power structures finally leading to people flaming the Lowest Troll to be a Despot, Dictator, Fascist, Sysop or GodKing with God's Eye View.

This stuff from Meta-Wikipedia's list of IRC quotes seems relevant to the question of tagging for faction:

<juxho> here are the basic assumptions i'm relying on: there

       will be opinion wiki where strict syntax will be 
       required to get aggregate information to publish wiki,
       non-neutral-pov is the rule. there will be research
       wiki where all non-neutral-pov stuff will get axed 
       immediatelly with a kind notice to go mess around in the
       opinion wiki. publish wiki will import from 
       research wiki pending that someone will bet their own
       credibility in declaring some information so certain that 
       it needs to be published. also aggregated (via SQL scripts
       written in a not-yet-decided language) will be used to
       automatically update the articles in publish wiki with
       the aggregate information from opinion wiki with 
       highlights and links to the whole mess of opinions
       * juxho gone to drink more beer

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  <nsh> I'm currently putting off over 200 individually important tasks

<Grunt`> nsh: how many of them involve putting off work? ;)

  <nsh> Grunt`, most of them, but that's the beauty of it

% <clarknova> water isn't cheap at all. it comes at a tremendous

           hidden cost.
 <Raul654> It falls from the sky, for free!

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Kurt__ goes back to planning his capitalist revolution
blankfaze goes back to planning his libertarian revolution
iostream goes back to planning his opensource revolution
Grunt` goes back to planning his revolution revolution
morwen goes back to planning her punk rock revolution
AdamBishop goes back to revolving around the sun

How sad that Juxo discusses this stuff with the groupthinkers, but not here first!!! Why not ask intelligent people from all these factions over here?