On 6/24/06, Zero <megamanzero521(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Yes, that sounds sensible. They are widely accepted now, as
its (presumely) the "in" and "hip" thing to do about the internet.
I, as
an long-time and experienced editor am troubled by this attack upon
our status as an encyclopedia and conveyance as a knowlegeable
resource. And so I come with the spirit of advocacy to query and discuss
the usefulness and relevance of a silly template with my fellow
editors, hopefully in light of good outcome for the encyclopedia and its
value as a informative resource. -Zero
FWIW, I also really would like the spoiler templates to be killed.
Especially when I saw the [[Romeo and Juliet]] article. But consensus
definitely seems be to that they should stay. It is possible to do without
though. Like mentioned earlier, the german wikipedia doesn't has them and I
believe the opera's project doesn't use them. But sometimes you also just
have to accept that you can't convince people (can't imagine why anyone
would not agree with me though :). Hey, if it were up to me I also would
kill 90 % of the use of the current template. And some of the infoboxes. I
guess I just don't like many templates. I don't know if this page was
mentioned before but see also [[User:Shanes/Why tags are evil]]. But like I
said, sometimes you just have to accept the fact that they are going to
stay. But please do try to change consensus. :)
Garion