Steve Bennett wrote:
On 11/24/07, Ray Saintonge saintonge@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