[WikiEN-l] dueling templates

[Ray Saintonge]

Brock Weller wrote:
> I never said they were useless, i argue that they dont meet our
> mission statement 'wikipedia is an encyclopedia', fail WP:NOT,
> 'indiscriminate collection of information' and are usually sourced to
> trivia works or put together by the editors, failing WP:NOTABLE and
> WP:OR.  If you need help understanding my position, feel free to ask
> for clarification before setting up strawmen, it will help you
> effectively make your point next time :)
>   
I'm sorry, but I've been around too long to be impressed by your mastery 
of  wiki rule-lawyering.  Your reference to strawmen seems to fll within 
the purview of the adage, "the pot calling the kettle black."

Ec
> On 9/9/07, Bryan Derksen <bryan.derksen at shaw.ca> wrote:
>   
>> Brock Weller wrote:
>>     
>>> Were not deleting the article, were deleting the unencyclopedic crap
>>> sections. Your point is a strawman.
>>>       
>> And since we're talking logical fallacies, you're begging the question.
>> Calling the sections "unencyclopedic crap" presupposes that they're
>> useless, whereas David and I have been arguing that a lot of what's in
>> those sections is not crap but rather is just poorly formatted and
>> integrated.