[WikiEN-l] Bad And Wrong Policy/Procedure/Guideline Hitlist

Fri Nov 3 20:04:47 UTC 2006

Jeff Raymond wrote:

>David Gerard wrote:
>  
>
>>What policies/procedures/guidelines on en:wp strike you as just awful?
>>Please list and elaborate.
>>
>>This could be in any of purpose, current wording, ineffectuality or
>>just being a completely bad idea. Or anything else that makes it just
>>awful.
>>    
>>
>A7 and G11 continue to chap my behind.  They go against what we'd normally
>use for a CSD, and the high number of poor uses (yes, I know it generally
>works the way it's allegedly supposed to, but too many other things get
>caught in the crossfire) make it more of a pain than anything else.  And
>that's not even getting into the WP:BITE considerations.
>
>WP:IAR should really be historical at this point.  Did it have use back in
>the day?  Maybe so, but we have enough admins and useful policies and
>guidelines at this point where there really isn't ever a need to do so
>anymore, and is really just trotted out by people who know better these
>days.
>
I have no idea what you mean by A7 and G11.  The other three 
abbreviations are repeated often enough for me to remember them, but 
there is still a need to explain your jargon when you initiate it in a 
thread.

Ec