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"Comprehensive but not definitive"  What is the useful distinction? [[User:Boblipton|Boblipton]] 00:45, August 6, 2011 (UTC)
"Comprehensive but not definitive"  What is the useful distinction? [[User:Boblipton|Boblipton]] 00:45, August 6, 2011 (UTC)
:What indeed.  These lists of appearance pages piss me off so I don't spend much time here, precisely for this reason.  They should be done automatically, through the use of categories, rather than being a managed list.  The message shouldn't appear at all, as ''nothing'' on a wiki is ever truly "definitive" anyway.  No need for ''only'' these appearance lists to bear such a message — especially since, as you rightly point out, there's no useful distinction between ''comprehensive'' and ''definitive''.  I think the person who wrote that was probably meaning to say, "comprehensive but not complete".  But, as I said, ''no'' message like this should adorn these appearance list pages.  {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}&nbsp;<span style="{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}">'''01:16:23 Sat&nbsp;'''06 Aug 2011&nbsp;</span>
:What indeed.  These lists of appearance pages piss me off so I don't spend much time here, precisely for this reason.  They should be done automatically, through the use of categories, rather than being a managed list.  The message shouldn't appear at all, as ''nothing'' on a wiki is ever truly "definitive" anyway.  No need for ''only'' these appearance lists to bear such a message — especially since, as you rightly point out, there's no useful distinction between ''comprehensive'' and ''definitive''.  I think the person who wrote that was probably meaning to say, "comprehensive but not complete".  But, as I said, ''no'' message like this should adorn these appearance list pages.  {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}&nbsp;<span style="{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}">'''01:16:23 Sat&nbsp;'''06 Aug 2011&nbsp;</span>
Thanks, Czechout.  I'll remove it.[[User:Boblipton|Boblipton]] 01:20, August 6, 2011 (UTC)

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What does that mean?

"Comprehensive but not definitive" What is the useful distinction? Boblipton 00:45, August 6, 2011 (UTC)

What indeed. These lists of appearance pages piss me off so I don't spend much time here, precisely for this reason. They should be done automatically, through the use of categories, rather than being a managed list. The message shouldn't appear at all, as nothing on a wiki is ever truly "definitive" anyway. No need for only these appearance lists to bear such a message — especially since, as you rightly point out, there's no useful distinction between comprehensive and definitive. I think the person who wrote that was probably meaning to say, "comprehensive but not complete". But, as I said, no message like this should adorn these appearance list pages.
czechout<staff />    <span style="">01:16:23 Sat 06 Aug 2011 

Thanks, Czechout. I'll remove it.Boblipton 01:20, August 6, 2011 (UTC)