Simplify, Objectify and Stabilize Policies and Guidelines
If by your first paragraph you mean that, as a whole, people tend to do what they think serves their interest, then I agree with that. That's a truism that does not only apply to "the political process". Your second paragraph is not only cynical, it's also impractical. It only could potentially be meaningful if you had a clear definition of "quality" that is distinct from "useful for a substantial group of people". Clearly, "2+2=5" fails that by a long shot, and it will therefore never survive in Wikipedia. SebastianHelm 02:15, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
I have long ceased to be surprised at what survives in Wikipedia, for really long periods. Putting in "2+2=5" will not survive, but it needs only be rephrased a little and it stands a good chance of surviving.
I understand that there are many who do not know what "quality" is and who do not want to know, and in Wikipedia there are all too often conditions where it cannot exist. Still, it is a pity. - Brya 05:56, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
Actually mathematicians operate with additive operations wherein 2 (+) 2 = 5, see e.g. en:Abelian group.