[WikiEN-l] Bad And Wrong Policy/Procedure/Guideline Hitlist

[Jeff Raymond]

David Gerard wrote:
> What policies/procedures/guidelines on en:wp strike you as just awful?
> Please list and elaborate.
>
> This could be in any of purpose, current wording, ineffectuality or
> just being a completely bad idea. Or anything else that makes it just
> awful.

A7 and G11 continue to chap my behind.  They go against what we'd normally
use for a CSD, and the high number of poor uses (yes, I know it generally
works the way it's allegedly supposed to, but too many other things get
caught in the crossfire) make it more of a pain than anything else.  And
that's not even getting into the WP:BITE considerations.

WP:IAR should really be historical at this point.  Did it have use back in
the day?  Maybe so, but we have enough admins and useful policies and
guidelines at this point where there really isn't ever a need to do so
anymore, and is really just trotted out by people who know better these
days.

I don't think the off-wiki personal attack addition was a bad one in
retrospect, but it would sure be nice to see some consistent application
of it.

</bitching>

-Jeff

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