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- If a village quacks in a forest, and no one writes about it, does the village exist? 「ダイノガイ千?!」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 21:56, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
- I think this is the first Signpost article I've been mentioned in. Didn't expect it would be for something like this though; must be a slow news week if the settlement AfDs are getting extensive coverage. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 23:02, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
- I didn't write that, however, you can always suggest discussions at this page. —mono 23:30, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
- I wrote that section - I simply went through the AfDs and picked a random one. It's a bit difficult to write an AfD report on a deleted article, since, if I had not contributed myslef to that discussion (which, to be impartial, I shouldn't have), I would not have seen it before it was deleted. Like Mono says, if there's an AfD that you feel is/was interesting or unique, please do suggest it on the suggestions page, or to myself or Mono. Regards, WackyWace you talkin' to me? 10:24, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
I was wondering why the MoS has reached such a point that some people can regard it as being so close to "official policy". As far as I'm concerned, editorial guidance is simply codified good practice. Certainly if a WikiProject has a good case to vary some aspect of style matters, in favour of something else that is definitely good practice, I hardly see the reason for overriding their expertise; and exactly how is that to be enforced, anyway? Charles Matthews (talk) 15:50, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
- Just about every publisher has a house style sheet. There's nothing to stop free debate as to why an alternative to MoS guidance should not be followed in a particular article or set of articles. If there's a good enough reason, that has always been possible, as emblazoned at the top of the MoS; in such cases, consider alerting the MoS talk page so a change might be considered. Tony (talk) 16:15, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
The lack of a single set of transliteration standards for Middle Eastern languages is a perennial problem when trying to follow the news. Is it Osama or Usama, Qaida or Qaeda? No one else has managed to make these names reliably searchable - I wish Wikipedia would round up a blue ribbon panel and vote up a universal standard. Maybe the media would follow our lead. Wnt (talk) 11:44, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
If it quacks like a Potemkin village, is it a Potyomkin village? Mydogtrouble (talk) 16:02, 5 August 2010 (UTC)