Identity dispute

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    See w:Wikipedia:identity dispute for what this is. It's a "straw man" policy suggestion on something that will probably be even more important at Consumerium, where there is even less agreement on how groups and interests ought to be defined, and more at stake.

    This is generally a subset of a political dispute. Some ideologies claim that politics itself is just a neutrality dispute. This is very stupid, and it is the reason for the many problems of such projects as Wikipedia, which accept and promote such ideologies.

    A more rational view is that identity and other politics disputes are inevitable and normal and part of language and linguistic relationships. See conceptual metaphor for the "green" and God's Eye View for the "grey" way to settle such debates. The latter leads to trust in one GodKing. The former may lead to a greater role for trolls. There are reasons to avoid either extreme. It is not good to let trolls totally escape all accountability and it is also not good to let outing problems determine who participates.