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:: I'm also not sure I'm seeing TD's point above. How is a theory different than an opinion, exactly? And I'm really confused by the intimation that the discon sections aren't in The Howling. Of course they are. That was surely the point of the exercise. They are in an area where people can say whatever they want. We should ''not'' get into the business of watching these sections like a hawk for grammatical errors and confusing wording. To my mind, they are — like every part of the Howling — little admin-less areas for our users to play in however they want — provided they don't actually commit vandalism. Now that the TV pages are in — and let's face it, that was the bulk of pre-existing discon commentary — I think we just step back and let them evolve naturally. It's made explicitly clear on the story page and on the discon page (through the use of [[:Template:discontinuity]]) that users are entering into a ''discussion'' and navigating away from the article proper. That should be all the action we need take, except in the case of true vandalism. '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 19:06, June 3, 2010 (UTC) | :: I'm also not sure I'm seeing TD's point above. How is a theory different than an opinion, exactly? And I'm really confused by the intimation that the discon sections aren't in The Howling. Of course they are. That was surely the point of the exercise. They are in an area where people can say whatever they want. We should ''not'' get into the business of watching these sections like a hawk for grammatical errors and confusing wording. To my mind, they are — like every part of the Howling — little admin-less areas for our users to play in however they want — provided they don't actually commit vandalism. Now that the TV pages are in — and let's face it, that was the bulk of pre-existing discon commentary — I think we just step back and let them evolve naturally. It's made explicitly clear on the story page and on the discon page (through the use of [[:Template:discontinuity]]) that users are entering into a ''discussion'' and navigating away from the article proper. That should be all the action we need take, except in the case of true vandalism. '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 19:06, June 3, 2010 (UTC) | ||
:::Although I agree that putting the discussion in terms of "theory" vs. "opinion" is a bit awkward, I think what Tangerineduel is getting it makes sense anyway. | |||
:::If the intention is for it to just be forum pages, then nobody should be touching anyone else's posts. But in that case, we really ought to have people signing their comments. For one thing, it's a lot easier to have a discussion when you know who you're talking with. For another, it's just easier to say "going back to CzechOut's point above" rather than "going back to 2 points before the one 2 levels of indentation from here". | |||
:::If the intention is closer to something like the Answers site, then it makes sense for people to edit existing responses to clarify them, rather than to (as people more often do) add a whole new 90%-redundant one just to clarify one part or add one bit. And, while we don't need to be vigilant to keep them in perfect form, if something is confusing or just painful to read, and you happen to notice, it's better to fix it than not. | |||
:::And honestly, I don't know what the intention is, which is why I brought this up. --[[User:Falcotron|Falcotron]] 19:45, June 3, 2010 (UTC) | |||
