On 3/20/07, John Lee johnleemk@gmail.com wrote:
This sounds impractical to me. Most people will forget to do that. Rather than making this opt-in, let's make it opt-out. Apply the tag to all user subpages by default. People who don't like the tag appearing at the top of the subpage can opt out by applying another tag that would hide the default "THIS IS NOT AN ARTICLE" tag.
I agree, but to avoid community revolt, shouldn't we start opt-in? I mean, while the confusion is bad, it's obviously not critical.
A stern rule that all user subpages which could be mistaken for wikipedia pages must have this tag is actually fairly enforceable. It's easy to scan for such pages by looking in non-Wikipedia categories, seeing what links to templates etc.
Who would like to volunteer to create a template that says that A) this is a rough draft of {{{1}}} and that B) this is *not* Wikipedia content, and must not be confused as such?
Steve