W5: After reading “The Challenges of Consensus”


1).

The article is talking about an Consensus. H.G. Wells believes that the world encyclopedia should be an institution that can resolve misunderstandings, allowing coordination and judgment without stopping at accumulating information. To do so, Consensus between the parties is important. So what is an Consensus? Consensus are the way editors work with others on Wikipedia. It is the basic model of Wikipedia's editorial decision making. In Wikipedia, people should discuss and infer from verifiable data, and good will should be fundamental to it. Only then can an Consensus be reached. These Consensus are considered appropriate means in communities with egalitarian values and well-meaning cultures in the form of decisions that are central to online collaboration since the beginning of the Internet. However, the process of reaching an Consensus is not easy. It's very difficult.


2).

Another concept from the article is 'voting.' In some situations, voting may be a more appropriate decision-making method than consensus. Or voting can be used as a last resort when an Consensus fails. I have also voted a lot if there is no Consensus during the meeting. However, this vote is negative in terms of Wikipedia's openness. It was new because I had never thought negatively about voting.


3).

Voting is deeply related to the majority vote. Even if we look around us, we decide by voting on the principle of majority vote rather than consensus. So why did they decide to vote, not to consent? And will minority opinions be excluded from decisions based on majority rule?





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  1. 박채정 Park ChaeJeongApril 3, 2021 at 9:38 AM

    Hello, Young-sil.
    Reading your article and looking at the voting method in terms of Wikipedia's openness, I don't think it's appropriate. But from a democratic and rational point of view, voting seems to be the best way. There is no clear answer, but isn't Wikipedia's proposal for a solution called voting aimed at balancing the two sides? Therefore, I don't think it's possible to exclude the minority's opinions completely just by following the majority's opinions, too.

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