Content without solidified mandates
Anyone else find this funny? How is it possible to have a firm code of conduct without firm rules? And they wonder why trolls find it so enjoyable to mess with their articles and create general havoc. You don't even have to be a regular troll to do it either!
The code of conduct basically wants everyone to play nice (which is really just a way of saying "fight nice" to me) and get along, even when you don't agree. Okay, that's the public veneer of politics. But Wikipedia doesn't have steadfast rules for its "editors" to follow. People are flying by the seat of their pants on the rules issue. Maybe this incongruity is simply to draw in the average Jo and make him feel as if he's contributing?
So easy see? Now, run along kiddies and spawn Wikipedia editors!
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"How is it possible to have a firm code of conduct without firm rules?"
Simple. Wikipedia is run by humans. Humans know trolling when they see it. Humans ban trolling when they see it.
Ultimately, Wikipedia's rules are about common sense.