"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]]