"David Goodman" wrote
As for BOLD, I have never seen it cited for good ends; most good editing doesn't need it. It is usually used as the attempted justification for edits against the consensus.
Yes, yes. WP:TIMID must be the way. If a page has been one way for a whole year, all the more reason for having it the same for a decade. And to hell with the times when editing need to be radical. Let's have scared editors.
Actually, BOLD is required for numerous different reasons, none of which individually may be common these days.
Charles
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I didn't say that it had no good use, just that I've never personally seen one. I've tried it on stagnant pages, & it usually produced a xenophobic display of WP:OWN. If there were any admins around, it produced threats to block as disruptive. I didn't run into any really nasty people, for I never did get blocked--i ran away first.
Since then I've found a much more effective method. Start with Proposed Deletion, & if the tag is removed, go to AfD. By far the most effective way of getting an article improved. I'm not really nasty myself, so I haven't started with speedy unless I actually thought it needed to be deleted, and nothing less would do.
With time, I've had the satisfaction of seeing an increasing number of the pages I months ago tried to edit coming round to AfD. I just watch. I'm not vindictive.
(All this, of course, is slightly exaggerated for effect) - DGG
On 6/24/07, charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com wrote:
"David Goodman" wrote
As for BOLD, I have never seen it cited for good ends; most good editing doesn't need it. It is usually used as the attempted justification for edits against the consensus.
Yes, yes. WP:TIMID must be the way. If a page has been one way for a whole year, all the more reason for having it the same for a decade. And to hell with the times when editing need to be radical. Let's have scared editors.
Actually, BOLD is required for numerous different reasons, none of which individually may be common these days.
Charles
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