On 2/23/06, Matt Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
I think it's simply that adding trivia is something that pulls newbies in to editing the site. Therefore, be careful of newbie-biting. Instead,encourage higher standards, and introduce them to the joys of research and WP:CITE!
Good point. IMHO, removing trivia a week or more after it was added is not newbie biting. But yeah, we should probably be careful not to use edit summaries like "removie newbie crud" in this case :)
Steve