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Precision Skepticism is a philosophy held by Wikipedians who disagree with the position of Precisionism.

They do not view Precisionism as a 'middle ground' between deletionism and inclusionism; rather, they see Precisionism as an intellectually shallow way to side-step that debate entirely by reliance on semantic solutions to intractable and inherently contestable social decisions.

Anti-precisionists argue that the label of 'Precisionism' distracts from the intractable and inevitable deletionist/inclusionist debate in a harmful manner. Further, they argue that the Precisionist "solution" advocating for the development of precise policies to resolve that intractable debate; is ultimately a harmful solution. They see the retreat to law and policy as a distraction, that harms efforts to determine matters on a case-by-base basis. They hold that this case-by-case decision making is inherent and inevitable to the complex social decisions that must be engaged when deciding upon notability.

Anti-precisionists further argue that claims of "clear" and "relatively rigorous" standards are an illusion; as these standards inevitably crumble when forced to deal with the complexities of certain types of inclusion questions. They argue that it is ultimately impossible to bring about genuinely and truthfully clear and relatively rigorous standards for accepting articles, templates or other pages to the encyclopedia. Further, they argue that attempts to do so bring about collateral damage in the process of establishing those sought after hypothetical rules.

They are called Anti-Precisionists because their preferred policies for Wikipedia are essentially antithetical to all Precisionist proposed solutions for the moderation issues that Wikipedia faces. Like Precisionists and other groups though, anti-precisionists operate in good faith and wish for Wikipedia to be a better place.