On 5/16/07, doc doc.wikipedia@ntlworld.com wrote:
The solution is:
- Low tolerance for people turning up on articles they don't want to
contribute to, to enforce some style.
WP:OWN
- A method for the community to rubberstamp a guideline developed by a
small group, if it effects anything more than a small section of the encyclopedia.
WP:CREEP
In abbreviated form, those will be the rebuttals to your solution. Whether they would be valid ones I don't know yet. Suppose I would have to read the small print.
While I agree we would probably be better off without {{spoiler}} tags anywhere, I can't say the same for infoboxes. The real problem there is inconstant formatting from one template to the next, and that there are too many specialized ones, and in some cases nobody can agree on which one should be used (see Paderewski). Ideally it wouldn't matter.
For now the best approach would probably be to limit the ability of wikiprojects to annex articles of debatable relevance. Probably I'm as annoyed by talk page banners as you are by infoboxes.
—C.W.