[WikiEN-l] Re: Editor's forum

Sat Feb 7 04:30:23 UTC 2004

Martin Harper wrote:

>>I'm unconvinced that leaving a note on the
>>talk page will, in all cases, get the attention needed
>>
>A note on the talk page will, in almost all cases, get the attention 
>needed. The exception is articles with highly active and flame-
>infested talk pages - in these cases use HTML comments instead. 
>It might take a little longer for a note on the talk page to get the 
>attention needed, in some cases. Patience is a virtue.
>
There are many obscure pages that no-one ever visits, not even those who 
take pride in finding new proofs for their ignorance.

>If you lack the patience of virtue, be advised that naming 
>convention/disambiguation discussion may take place at [[wikipedia 
>talk:naming conventions]]. More usefully, you can rectify most 
>conflicts of fact and ambiguous sentences by engaging in some 
>research on the topic at hand. This may require a little effort.
>
Definitely the best solution.

>If you are impatient and also lazy, move on to the next page and fix 
>that one instead, and try to pick one slightly further within your area 
>of expertise.
>
Also to a topic where you are mare likely to have reference material at 
your fingertips.

>Pages such as your proposed [[Wikipedia:Editor's forum]] have, I 
>am sad to say, a long and distinguished career of failure, as 
>experience teaches us that the number of people who want to tell 
>people what to do outweighs the number of people who want 
>someone else to tell them what to do.
>
Wasn't the Village Pump intended to do this?
Ec