[WikiEN-l] Don't template the newbies either

[George Herbert]

On 7/9/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 09/07/07, Phil Boswell <phil.boswell at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Oh, please. Would you listen to someone caught speeding who suggested that
> > having a standard form was insulting, and that they should receive a
> > hand-written letter detailing their idiocy in beautiful copper-plate?
>
>
> *cough* OK, I probably didn't pick the best example to hang the topic on ...

Beyond the example issue...

I think that not using templates would be a problem.  The templates
are there for a reason - to make at least part of the response
standardized, in a goes-on-the-record-and-reviewable manner.

It's one thing to say "Don't *just* template, explain also".  Saying
"Don't template" breaks a whole lot of how we do stuff now.


-- 
-george william herbert
george.herbert at gmail.com