On 11/24/07, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net>
wrote:
That's fine. No consensus needs to be taken
at face value. Over an
extended period of time one style may come to dominate, but there should
be no rush to impose one way or the other. Consistency is a secondary
feature.
Hmm, "secondary feature". A consistent look and feel is worth
*something*. It may not be of overriding importance all the time, but
it shouldn't be ignored, either. It's particularly frustrating that
people who do want to follow "the standard" are given no guidance from
the MoS.
I can understand that. A lot of ordinary editors like the guidance, and
feel lost without it. If enough people do it one way things will drift
that way. The problems come up when they insist that everybody else
does it that way.
Ec