July 2007 UTC Aaahhh the Wiki word of majick consensus N then inspiring usages as balanced discussions moving towards consensus With respect KieferSkunk you re indulging in some smoke with mirrors n handwaving Since whenever has consensus been some sort of guarantee of guidance towards what IS True just etc etc I d bet that on history s scale consensus is a miserable failure The Triangle Trade was a matter of community consensus among those who participated as was the Holocaust But anyway that it is a comforting fiction of human understanding is neither here nor there It s well what can I say sooo subjective and thus by Wiki s own standards unencyclopaedic Grudging acceptance maybe The idea of consensus as being an aspect of mediocrity a kind of dumbing down is featured in a recent R4 docu on Wiki Download n it should play for ya I too have been away and apologize for my delay in getting back Be sure that I will respond to your later contribution N B There are parallels in this argumentation between consensus in Wiki and democracy as it plays in the West Particularly how the poor weak plebs are allowed to manifest their reasoning in the face of the rich strong equestrians aristos 10 14 30