I will very rarely delete conversations that violate common talk page sense (ie, talk only about the article, and not the subject of the article, don't try to contact the subject of a BLP article, etc.). I then put a template or two on the talk page, like {{Not a forum}}, or {{Q&A}}. Really, the only reason for the rarity of this action is the fact that I don't see it very often.

From,
Emily


On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 12:11 AM, Daniel and Elizabeth Case <dancase@frontiernet.net> wrote:
>
> I don't have very good examples in mind, but maybe user Valorum27 fits
> the description here :
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sleeveless_shirt#Is_this_necessary.3F
>
> He is alone in this example but if there were more, it would bring back
> sexual focus.
>
> A better example is this, which personally I find pathetic :
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Skirt#Sexist
>
> And it's the user who didn't want female content who started it, albeit
> with good intentions certainly.
>
> I imagine that if on the contrary you'd let viewers look away without
> mentioning decency, it would be much better, and more proper to focus on
> the clothe.

On the other side, years ago, when I saw this discussion (at the top of the
page), I blanked it right away because it didn't belong on the talk page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Miniskirt&oldid=115184039

Daniel Case



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