[WikiEN-l] Re: Poll on templates

[Phil Boswell]

"David Gerard"  wrote rather tesily (and who can really blame him?):
> Polls are evil and stupid and tend in practice on en: to be used to force
> through stupid ideas in the hope no-one will notice the poll. For further
> evidence, check:
>    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_locations
> Apparently started by some new users and sent under the radar. Go help 
> kill
> some of these stupid ideas.


To be fair, there is some mileage in confirming that almost all metadata 
labels should be placed on the Talk Page, and being able to point to a 
decision could come in handy later. I'm noting several people whose opinions 
I have come to respect (Angela and Raul654 most prominently) taking part in 
the discussion and so far I think I'm agreeing with them mostly.

It is obvious upon reading (unless I've massively misunderstood) that 
certain parties think that metadata is so important that it should be 
prominently displayed in the article itself. This includes whether a given 
article comes under the aegis of any particular WikiProject, which IMNSHO is 
verging on the insane.

With a bit of luck, this attempt can be made to back-fire completely, and 
these (in some case extremely ugly) labels can be safely relocated to the 
appropriate Talk Pages where they can be happy and productive. Maybe they 
could even be made pretty, although holding of breath is probably 
contraindicated.
-- 
Phil
[[en:User:Phil Boswell]]