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Steve Bennett

7 Mar 2007 7 Mar '07

1:33 p.m.

Another fundamental principle that seems to have changed when I wasn't looking: "Be bold" is now "Be bold in updating pages". Was it that ambiguous? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold_in_updating_pages Steve

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Oskar Sigvardsson

7 Mar 7 Mar

1:40 p.m.

On 3/7/07, Steve Bennett <stevagewp(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Another fundamental principle that seems to have changed when I wasn't looking: "Be bold" is now "Be bold in updating pages". Was it that ambiguous? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold_in_updating_pages Steve

I always remembered it that way, "Be bold" is just what we call the policy, not the actual page title. In fact, it looks like its been called that since 2004, according to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Be_bold&action=hist… --Oskar

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Jeff Raymond

2:31 p.m.

Steve Bennett wrote:

Another fundamental principle that seems to have changed when I wasn't looking: "Be bold" is now "Be bold in updating pages". Was it that ambiguous?

Yes. People were being bold in messing with long-standing guidelines and causing problems. I wasn't involved in the name change, but it was a good one. -Jeff

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MacGyverMagic/Mgm

6:15 p.m.

On 3/7/07, Jeff Raymond <jeff.raymond(a)internationalhouseofbacon.com> wrote:

Steve Bennett wrote:

Another fundamental principle that seems to have changed when I wasn't looking: "Be bold" is now "Be bold in updating pages". Was it that ambiguous?

Yes. People were being bold in messing with long-standing guidelines and causing problems. I wasn't involved in the name change, but it was a good one. -Jeff

True. It made the page less of a soundbite, but it is much clearer to understand. Mgm

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Guy Chapman aka JzG

9:17 p.m.

On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:31:44 -0500 (EST), "Jeff Raymond" <jeff.raymond(a)internationalhouseofbacon.com> wrote:

Yes. People were being bold in messing with long-standing guidelines and causing problems.

Indeed. Like arguing for undeletion of an uncertified RfC, for example. Highly disruptive. Guy (JzG) -- http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JzG

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Steve Bennett

10:44 p.m.

On 3/8/07, Jeff Raymond <jeff.raymond(a)internationalhouseofbacon.com> wrote:

Yes. People were being bold in messing with long-standing guidelines and causing problems.

And "be bold in updating pages" solved that problem? OTOH, I love the "page in a nutshell": "If in doubt, fix it." Steve

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