[WikiEN-l] Verifiability

Sat Dec 17 16:02:38 UTC 2005

Ray Saintonge wrote:
> David Gerard wrote:

>> We can write guidelines and guidelines and guidelines, and no-one will
>> care except the writers or someone looking for a stick to beat their
>> opponent on the wiki with - because you can't Taylorise clue.
>> (When was the last time you read the Manual of Style through? Me
>> neither.)

> One could begin with Taylorizing the Taylorizations.

Heh. I have started in a slow way tightening up some of our ridiculously
bloated, opaquely-written and special-case-riddled guideline and policy
pages; I look forward to the time to really go the hack on the MoS. I
think it could be one-third the length without losing a single useful
detail. Heck, someone might even want to read it for reasons other than
querulousness.

> The Manual of Style is great for those interested in an encyclopedia of
> guidelines.

LOL!

- d.