I think the {{contradicting}} template is problematic because it doesn't require the user to specify what the supposed contradiction is. Some people seem to add it as if it was an intrinsic property of the subject, rather than a request to fix something. When I removed it with the comment "Please don't add the contradiction tag without giving your reasons on the Talk page, otherwise I won't know what to fix in the article", it was simply added back in with the edit summary "who keeps removing that template?".
Timwi
Timwi wrote:
I think the {{contradicting}} template is problematic because it doesn't require the user to specify what the supposed contradiction is. Some people seem to add it as if it was an intrinsic property of the subject, rather than a request to fix something. When I removed it with the comment "Please don't add the contradiction tag without giving your reasons on the Talk page, otherwise I won't know what to fix in the article", it was simply added back in with the edit summary "who keeps removing that template?".
Just add a parameter with an appropriately snarky default...
Stan
I've seen blocks happen over this sort of thing. I suggest kindly reminding the user that adding such templates without a more complete explanation on the talk page isn't helpful to fixing the problem. It's possible they didn't see your edit summary, so their user talk will make that nice, orange box for them. You can also jump-start the discussion, yourself -- a "please explain" thread, I like to call them. Open-ended questions beg for answers.
Just my thoughts.
-Luna
On 12/13/06, Stan Shebs stanshebs@earthlink.net wrote:
Timwi wrote:
I think the {{contradicting}} template is problematic because it doesn't require the user to specify what the supposed contradiction is. Some people seem to add it as if it was an intrinsic property of the subject, rather than a request to fix something. When I removed it with the comment "Please don't add the contradiction tag without giving your reasons on the Talk page, otherwise I won't know what to fix in the article", it was simply added back in with the edit summary "who keeps removing that template?".
Just add a parameter with an appropriately snarky default...
Stan
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Actually it already has one, though for some reason whoever implemented decided it to make it a named parameter.
{{contradict|about=the colour of the sky}} will work.
Stan Shebs wrote:
Timwi wrote:
I think the {{contradicting}} template is problematic because it doesn't require the user to specify what the supposed contradiction is. Some people seem to add it as if it was an intrinsic property of the subject, rather than a request to fix something. When I removed it with the comment "Please don't add the contradiction tag without giving your reasons on the Talk page, otherwise I won't know what to fix in the article", it was simply added back in with the edit summary "who keeps removing that template?".
Just add a parameter with an appropriately snarky default...
Stan
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