2007/1/22, Nick Jenkins nickpj@gmail.com:
<rant> Before anyone feels tempted to propose new policies, can they please try a simple test first: Take the negative/opposite, and ask yourself if anyone normal would support it, or do that thing. If the answer is "no", then the policy or naming is probably daft, because it's not telling you anything you don't already know.
Example: "Don't be dense" --opposite--> "Try to be completely stupid" ---Would anyone normal support?--> "No" --> policy is a waste of space.
I may agree with your basic idea, but certainly not with the way you try to implement it. The opposite of "Don't be dense" that you should compare with is not "Try to be completely stupid" but "Feel free to be however stupid you want." And I could imagine there ARE people supporting that, although they will not be a large group.