I'm unconvinced that leaving a note on the talk page will, in all cases, get the attention needed
A note on the talk page will, in almost all cases, get the attention needed. The exception is articles with highly active and flame- infested talk pages - in these cases use HTML comments instead. It might take a little longer for a note on the talk page to get the attention needed, in some cases. Patience is a virtue.
If you lack the patience of virtue, be advised that naming convention/disambiguation discussion may take place at [[wikipedia talk:naming conventions]]. More usefully, you can rectify most conflicts of fact and ambiguous sentences by engaging in some research on the topic at hand. This may require a little effort.
If you are impatient and also lazy, move on to the next page and fix that one instead, and try to pick one slightly further within your area of expertise.
Pages such as your proposed [[Wikipedia:Editor's forum]] have, I am sad to say, a long and distinguished career of failure, as experience teaches us that the number of people who want to tell people what to do outweighs the number of people who want someone else to tell them what to do.
-Martin
Martin Harper wrote:
I'm unconvinced that leaving a note on the talk page will, in all cases, get the attention needed
A note on the talk page will, in almost all cases, get the attention needed. The exception is articles with highly active and flame- infested talk pages - in these cases use HTML comments instead. It might take a little longer for a note on the talk page to get the attention needed, in some cases. Patience is a virtue.
There are many obscure pages that no-one ever visits, not even those who take pride in finding new proofs for their ignorance.
If you lack the patience of virtue, be advised that naming convention/disambiguation discussion may take place at [[wikipedia talk:naming conventions]]. More usefully, you can rectify most conflicts of fact and ambiguous sentences by engaging in some research on the topic at hand. This may require a little effort.
Definitely the best solution.
If you are impatient and also lazy, move on to the next page and fix that one instead, and try to pick one slightly further within your area of expertise.
Also to a topic where you are mare likely to have reference material at your fingertips.
Pages such as your proposed [[Wikipedia:Editor's forum]] have, I am sad to say, a long and distinguished career of failure, as experience teaches us that the number of people who want to tell people what to do outweighs the number of people who want someone else to tell them what to do.
Wasn't the Village Pump intended to do this? Ec
On 6 Feb 2004 at 20:30, Ray Saintonge wrote:
Martin Harper wrote:
A note on the talk page will, in almost all cases, get the attention needed.
There are many obscure pages that no-one ever visits, not even those who take pride in finding new proofs for their ignorance.
If I have found a flaw in an existing page, I have an existence proof that at least one person has written it, and at least one person has visited it, and thus it does not fall into that category. :)
-Martin