On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Halvor <a22112216(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
I find to have identified in a pair of templates a
clear and present danger
to the consensus-building principle on which our wiki rests:
Template:Discussion top and Template:Discussion bottom.
These are being utilized to stifle and suppress free exchange of opinions
when they sometimes are being applied to cut off what is being vicariously
painted by one party as
unconstructive/ridiculous/disruptive/pointless/time-wasting/take your pick,
discussions.
We have other, appropriate, means to deal with "trolling" and genuinely
disruptive contributions. This pair of templates makes it way too easy to
put us all on a track which fundamentally and possibly irreversibly,
compromises the consensus-building process.
I have thus nominated the pair of template for deletion. Opinions on this
are particularly welcomed on the Templates for discussion page.
Halvor (meco)
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They are pretty disruptive templates I've found, often used to silence a
discussion. You haven't actually nominated either template though, and any
TFD discussion would (ironically) end in speedy keep, because closing
discussions early is what a lot of people like doing.
--
Alex
(User:Majorly)