Christopher Mahan wrote:
--- Stan Shebs <shebs(a)apple.com> wrote:
Are you talking about Michael Snow changes that
happened nearly a
year ago? That's a long time to be oblivious!
Sort of. But there's a lot more recent stuff that I didn't bring in
because I wanted to keep my rant semi-coherent.
:-) It's a good thing the microphone in my computer isn't normally
on, I've certainly done more than a little verbal ranting at some
editors, have to wipe off the screen afterwards...
Anyway, when I've developed a design that may
not be self-evident,
I usually leave a note on the talk page explaining the theory. I
suspect my little notes forestall a lot of ill-considered changes;
of the remainder, the people who want to change it anyway either
leave their own counterargument and ping me via talk page. As a
last resort, they're all on my too-long watchlist...
I hear you.
It occurs to me that maybe we don't actually suggest it anywhere;
I just started that to avoid cleaning up after people who made
(what seemed like) obvious mistakes, and when I pointed it out,
their response was "oh yeah, didn't realize". Wikiprojects do that
for standard-setting on a large scale, but a lot of my notes are
just "I Googled variants of title and here are the numbers that
guided my choice".
Stan