[WikiEN-l] Seriously, on BJAODN

[Daniel R. Tobias]

On 3 Jun 2007 at 01:26:28 +0100, "Tony Sidaway" 
<tonysidaway at gmail.com> wrote:

> Let's just get this straight: does anybody claim that these pages are
> necessary to the encyclopedia?

That seems to be the line of argument that people like to use these 
days every time they're out to suppress something (userboxes, "attack 
site" links, Esperanza, BJAODN, etc.), and can't come up with a good 
substantive argument about why it needs to be eliminated regardless 
of what anybody else thinks about it.  Framing the argument in terms 
favorable to your side is a major step towards winning it; those in 
favor of eliminating something would generally prefer it to be argued 
in terms of "Is there any purpose in having it?", while the other 
side would be better with "Is there any purpose in suppressing it?"


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