[WikiEN-l] Opinions sought: linking source-access dates per MoS?

[Matthew Brown]

On 1/1/07, Christopher Thieme <cdthieme at gmail.com> wrote:
> And just where does WP:CONTEXT or any other guideline say that?  From my
> reading it doesn't.  Exceptions to rules or guidelines can't solely exist in
> the lacunae of convention and consensus, they need to be explicitly
> written.  Until it's written as a de jure exception to WP:CONTEXT, I'd very
> much inclined to disagree with the above statement.

IMO, you have it the wrong way round.  Rules and guidelines exist to
codify accepted practise, and frequently lag behind it.

-Matt