Re: [WikiEN-l] Featured churn

2009-07-17 Thread Mark Gallagher
rrect (no, I haven't looked up to > see whether some genius has changed the definition of stub). I've never > taken much notice of what is and isn't denominated a stub. In fact (and to return to the original topic ;)), I would argue that Steve's comprehensive two-parag

Re: [WikiEN-l] Why infoboxes are good

2009-01-29 Thread Mark Gallagher
t's nice when there is a consensus view of what a given infobox should say; it's less nice when the people who populate the infoboxes have different interests and values from you. Cheers, -- Mark Gallagher 0439 704 975 http://formonelane.net/ "Even potatoes have their bad day

Re: [WikiEN-l] Why infoboxes are good

2009-01-29 Thread Mark Gallagher
t's nice when there is a consensus view of what a given infobox should say; it's less nice when the people who populate the infoboxes have different interests and values from you. Cheers, -- Mark Gallagher 0439 704 975 http://formonelane.net/ "Even potatoes have their bad day

Re: [WikiEN-l] The Community vs. Scholarly Consensus

2008-12-18 Thread Mark Gallagher
e impenetrable writing. Quoting Derrida can be likened to pouring oil on troubled fires. Phil has hinted at it, but the primary reason we should be able to summarise and rephrase the words of humanities experts is that if we don't, our articles won't make any gosh-darned sense ... C

Re: [WikiEN-l] A definite version of WP:CRYSTAL

2008-11-13 Thread Mark Gallagher
e to talk about global warming, heat death of the universe, whatever --- is to be elevating a badly-written policy above common sense. Again. -- Mark Gallagher 0439 704 975 http://formonelane.net/ "Even potatoes have their bad days, Igor." --- Count Duckula ___