Hypothetical arguments aren't very convincing to me. If someone were willing to point out a "real world" case where our indexing of user, user-talk and article-talk pages is doing some horrible damage that is not already existing in-fact then fine, do so.
So far I haven't seen it. I like fixing problems that actually exist, versus ones who only exist potentially.
Will Johnson
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2008/8/5 WJhonson@aol.com:
I like fixing problems that actually exist, versus ones who only exist potentially.
Me, I like fixing hypothetical problems, because they almost always *appear* in real life.
Anything not forbidden is mandatory, it *will* occur.
Will Johnson
On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 10:31 PM, WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
Hypothetical arguments aren't very convincing to me. If someone were willing to point out a "real world" case where our indexing of user, user-talk and article-talk pages is doing some horrible damage that is not already existing in-fact then fine, do so.
I can't do that, but I can point out a lot of examples from the project and project talk spaces where indexing is doing unnecessary and unproductive damage. I'm not going to point out examples publicly, or to you, because in my experience bringing the issue to light often only exasperates the problem.
With article talk pages especially, I think there's a converse argument, though. Can you point out a "real world" case where indexing of article-talk pages is providing some wonderful benefit that is not already existing in-fact?