Wikipedia talk:No editor is Moses
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[edit]After a couple of weeks, I'm now more inclined to move this out of my user space. I hope the theme of the essay is now clear enough that the letter of the essay can be reworked by others without changing its spirit :) Geometry guy 20:48, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
- Sounds good to me :) EyeSerenetalk 10:31, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
- Done: and I would like to copy a comment of yours here: feel free to revert if you disagree. Geometry guy 23:10, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
The meaning of an essay can be in the eye of the beholder. I note here the following remark which adds to and clarifies the intended meaning of this essay. Geometry guy 23:21, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
There are people who seem to know instinctively how to conduct themselves in a given situation, and others who don't. Inevitably rulesets are developed to enable those who don't to conduct themselves like those who do, but because such conduct is enforced from without rather than coming from within they end up following the letter of the ruleset and missing the spirit. Adherence to the rules becomes more important than adherence to the philosophy that pre-dated them, and the rules—which become ever more prescriptive to account for all situations—are then applied to those who never had a need for them in the first place. Thus does friction arise...