[WikiEN-l] A narrower concept of boldness

[Todd Allen]

Charlotte Webb wrote:
> One user boldly decided to move the [[WP:BOLD]] essay to a more
> restrictive title to imply that boldness should only be exercised in
> article space.
>
> I don't know if anybody else sees the complete irony of performing an
> action which changes the guideline in such a way that the action being
> performed falls outside the guideline (read that until you understand
> the paradox) so I moved it back.
>
> Of course my edits were rolled back by another user. So, um... thoughts?
>
> —C.W.
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Not sure that's a bad change, really. Being bold in updating policies or
other people's user pages tends to get your hand slapped, as will being
bold in refactoring someone else's comments on talk pages, and changes
to templates and the like should be done with a -lot- of care and by
people who know what they're doing.

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