[WikiEN-l] Re: Ironies

Thu Oct 27 17:08:40 UTC 2005

"The Cunctator" <cunctator at kband.com> wrote in 
message news:BF867DFA.3E8E5%cunctator at kband.com...
> There's something painfully ironic about the Cleanup-priority template. 
> Its
> text is ungrammatical and awkward:
> "This topic is considered a necessary subject on Wikipedia, and there is a
> high-priority on its being cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of
> quality. See How to Edit and Style and How-to for help, or this article's
> talk page."
> "There is a high-priority"? Does *anyone* know the rules of English 
> grammar
> any more?

ObAaron: No.

> I don't even know where to start with improving it.
> The whole idea of edit-comment templates is wrongheaded, anyway.
> Is there some way to hide them? They're maddening.

I'd say we have a good case for moving all this kind of crap to the Talk 
Page.

Let me think about it overnight, maybe my head will feel clearer in the 
morning :-)
-- 
Phil
[[en:User:Phil Boswell]] 