On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 02:07:34PM +0100, Khendon wrote:
I'd like to know exactly what the consensus is on "metacomments" within an article text - "More should be written here", "See WikiProject Foo for help with editing this page", "Is this correct?", and so on.
I'm of the opinion that things like this should almost always be in the Talk page. Having them in the article looks tacky and unprofessional.
I disagree. I don't know about the WikiProject references, but 'is this correct?' and 'more should be written about <whatever>' both seem valuable to me.
I prefer an article which points out its weaknesses to one which glosses them over; I think it's more useful to the reader, as well as more encouraging to potential editors. I don't think there's anything unprofessional about work in progress.
In general, if someone thinks its worth their while to add something to a page, I think it's best to give them the benefit of the doubt, even if it's something you wouldn't have added yourself.
-M-