July  UTC  Aaahhh  the Wiki word of majick consensus N then inspiring usages as  balanced discussions moving towards consensus With respect KieferSkunk youre indulging in some smoke with mirrors n handwaving Since whenever has consensus been some sort of guarantee of guidance towards  what IS Truejust  etc etc Id bet that on historys 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 Its well what can I say sooo subjective  and thus by Wikis 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 R docu on Wiki  httpwwwbbccoukradiofactualradiochoiceshtml  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  NB There are parallels in this argumentation between consensus in Wiki and democracy as it plays in the West Particularly how the poorweak plebs are allowed to manifest their reasoning in the face of the richstrong equestriansaristos