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EDIT: More elaboration on the \\\"it could end up messy\\\" bit; in theory, loosening the ROCEJ to address the controversies behind people and works is all well and good, except that people, being people, have \\\'\\\'different opinions on things.\\\'\\\' One person\\\'s \\\"good reason for controversy\\\" is another person\\\'s overblown drama for the sake of being offended at something, and when the two collide, it doesn\\\'t end well, especially since we don\\\'t hold our editors to the same standards as Wikipedia does so hearsay and rumors get intermixed just as easily with facts. Best case scenario, there will be a marked uptick in ConversationInTheMainPage and EditWars as I said before. Worst-case scenario, the site splinters off into several different forks each with their \\\'\\\'ówn\\\'\\\' heavily radicalized politics and agenda.
In fact, I\\\'d argue that due to \\\"the increasing polarization of politics and the increasing number of politicized subjects,\\\" this rule is even \\\'\\\'more\\\'\\\' important than it was before, because it reminds people that this is absolutely \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' the place for flame wars and kneejerk debates about hot-button topics. There are plenty of sites (coughTwittercough) that cater to that need instead. Leave the drama and controversies to sites that are better suited for this, not a silly website mainly designed to have fun.
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Well, the alternative is the wiki either picking sides (which could end up messy) or the dreaded ConversationInTheMainPage.
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Well, the alternative is the wiki either picking sides (which could end up messy) or the dreaded ConversationInTheMainPage and EditWars on damn near every page on the site.
