[WikiEN-l] Templates for the masses

[Steven Walling]

I don't think this going to change anytime soon, and in many situations
template banners are very helpful.

The best way to efficiently suggest the redundancy of a template is to go
and fix it yourself, if they piss you off that much. But expecting that
everyone is capable (much less willing) to fix every problem they see
themselves is foolishness, plain and simple.

On 10/7/07, Zoney <zoney.ie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Does it not drive anyone else up the wall the incessant templates jammed
> onto the top of our articles? Sure some of the articles have issues that
> readers as well as editors should be aware of, but it's really ridiculous
> having these Vogonic bureaucratic Wiki-speak instructions/jargon stamped
> before the article text for all and sundry to enjoy. Half the time the
> templates aren't even warranted, or at the least the issue is not
> important
> enough to demand anything other than a note on the talk page. It's far too
> easy for people just to slap on templates onto articles in a sort of
> wiki-process-allowed defacement of content.
>
> I mean the trivia section warning for one thing. I consider myself firmly
> in
> the anti-trivia camp, and indeed I'd nearly support removing offending
> sections to talk pages as well when asking people to integrate the
> brainless
> factoids; but really, there's no need to give instructions on the
> situation
> to all our readers. It's just not that important! Templates in fact
> compound
> the problem by highlighting the trivia sections! It makes no sense!
>
> As regards the templates that are somewhat necessary (don't use our
> second-hand info about hurricanes in your area, etc) can a specific area
> separate from the article content be used for the message? Something like
> how the fundraising message is displayed?
>
> Zoney
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