Talk:Policy and Standards for Critical Discourse
Add topicThese guidelines should jibe with the policy and culture of any venue that values discourse and has no ulterior motive. One could call them a metric or litmus test of sorts. One could even take them as an interpretation of the that sentence in the UCoC, but it would be a real stretch. Perhaps most of all though, I wrote it in order to have a concrete set of conditions that are sufficient and necessary to support a culture of productive dialectic.
If I run across any more examples, I will add them. For now, I think the essay is just about finished. AP295 (discuss • contribs) 18:51, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
New opening sentence, which I like very much. I think this really is what I'm getting at. If one can't make assertions or criticize for whatever reason, then the socratic method is undermined entirely. AP295 (discuss • contribs) 21:08, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
I've added another paragraph, which compactly summarizes many of the thoughts I've had lately. This essay is probably my favorite out of any I've written. I had created a topic on Wikiversity's colloquium page, wherein I had made several similar points because I felt these problems were becoming quite serious, and even earlier than that these cultural trends were not sitting well with me. It was a bit verbose, but in hindsight I still feel it was mostly on-point. It did not seem to provoke much interest or discussion, so I decided to refine my point and write this essay. Perhaps I should post a link on the UCoC's talk page, where I've also commented before with similar concerns. Even criticism about the lack of criticism is tepidly received at best. Strange times. AP295 (discuss • contribs) 04:55, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
Hah, today I found this essay [1] among wikipedia's extensive collection of quasi-policy and it's quite a ripe one. Well I suppose I'll have to censor what I really think, but that essay is plain evil. I agree with not escalating a fight, but an argument doesn't have to be a fight. That essay is propaganda. AP295 (discuss • contribs) 17:54, 23 January 2024 (UTC)