Actually, to my knowledge LMS is just about the only one who's strongly anti-subpages in any form (look for the previous discussion on this issue). If he's still the final arbiter of all Wikipedia functionality, then this is a moot point. If, however, we're back to policy by consensus, then it won't be too hard. But Mr. Wales needs
to
tell us what the story is there.
-tc
LMS is not strongly against subpages in any form, as you will see if you upgrade your monitor from monochrome to 16 colors. Read carefully. People do deserve that respect. Larry is against subpages in the main, encyclopedia-article namespace; he is not against them in "meta-" namespaces. Furthermore, I am equally against them, for the reasons he has elaborated, and have expressed as much. LMS is not the final arbiter of all Wikipedia functionality, in spite of your assertions to the contrary, though he does have considerable influence over Wikipedia's course. Most people realize that. A few insist on oversimplification, with increasingly frustrating results.
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On Mon, 25 Feb 2002 koyaanisqatsi@nupedia.com wrote:
LMS is not strongly against subpages in any form, as you will see if you upgrade your monitor from monochrome to 16 colors. Read carefully. People do deserve that respect. Larry is against subpages in the main, encyclopedia-article namespace; he is not against them in "meta-" namespaces. Furthermore, I am equally against them, for the reasons he has elaborated, and have expressed as much. LMS is not the final arbiter of all Wikipedia functionality, in spite of your assertions to the contrary, though he does have considerable influence over Wikipedia's course. Most people realize that. A few insist on oversimplification, with increasingly frustrating results.
Thanks. I couldn't agree more.
There hasn't ever been a real consensus about subpages. There's been a controversy and a need to arrive at a decision that reflected, to the best of my ability, a fair assessment of the range of opinions on the issue.
Larry
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