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applause; documentation is (in general) good.

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 :::Lumenos seems to have one agenda here, and that is fairly clear when one looks at [http://wikiindex.org/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&limit=500&target=Lumenos L's contribs].
 :::I think the general policy here is to simply ''describe'' wikis, not to engage in petty arguments about their worldview. [[User:Huw Powell|Huw Powell]] 07:14, 1 September 2009 (EDT)
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+I applaud your attempt at making clear to everyone what our policies and guidelines are.
+All too often one person thinks one action is the obvious common-sense right thing to do, and that one thing is, and always has been, the policy; while someone else thinks the same thing about some conflicting action.
+Best to get everyone on the same page before some emergency erupts.
+However, although I think "documented rules" are better than "unwritten rules",
+I think a more important principle is "Keep it simple".
+Also known as [[Wikipedia: Wikipedia:Avoid instruction creep]].
+Is there is a better wiki somewhere for discussing the *potential* kinds of rules that a wiki *could* set up?
+One that could calmly discuss the pros and cons of a particular policy, and its impact if all/most/some/none new wikis adopted it.
+Perhaps [[MeatballWiki]] ?
+--[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 00:28, 3 September 2009 (EDT)