Oliver-
On 17 Aug 2003, Erik Moeller wrote:
I choose not to follow this policy as I consider it unnecessary extra work,
Hmm. Are you by any chance a supporter of [[Wikipedia:Ignore all rules]]?
To some extent, yes.
I was under the impression that a prerequisite of having sysop status was agreeing to follow the policies.
I use the word policy very liberally above. Truthfully, there are relatively few policies which are set in stone (NPOV, Wikiquette etc.), and the boilerplate recommendation is certainly not among them.
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. Still, even if it isn't, I don't think it sets a good example to say that you are going to ignore a policy. Perhaps it would be better if you were to argue for it to be made explicitly optional?
I don't care enough about this policy to argue about it. I have, however, edited VfD to say that a missing boilerplate notice is not grounds for removal of a page from the VfD listing.
Regards,
Erik