[WikiEN-l] Templates for the masses

Charlotte Webb charlottethewebb at gmail.com
Tue Oct 9 16:58:42 UTC 2007


On 10/7/07, John Lee <johnleemk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Of those templates you mention, {{current}} is explicitly meant for readers.
> {{NPOV}} is applicable to both readers and editors; {{wikify}} is applicable
> for editors.
>
> There are arguments for maintaining the present system - it makes it clear
> that we're aware the article is not up to mark, and may let people know that
> they too can edit the article...

Exactly. We want to encourage as many readers as possible to become
editors, so I don't see much helpfulness in attempting to group
certain templates according to their supposed applicability to one
audience or another.

—C.W.



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