WikiIndex:Policies and Guidelines: Difference between revisions

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:I think so. I think we should allow putting the "signatures" into the articles (as Lumenos does here using this "<nowiki>~~~</nowiki>" wiki markup code) if there is no link or reference that can be easily provided or when there is a reference but it is too long for most to read to find the relevant information. Newbies may not understand what these names are but I value accuracy and I think it is not too difficult to understand or it least, it shouldn't be too distracting if they want to ignore it. What do you think? ([[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]])
:I think so. I think we should allow putting the "signatures" into the articles (as Lumenos does here using this "<nowiki>~~~</nowiki>" wiki markup code) if there is no link or reference that can be easily provided or when there is a reference but it is too long for most to read to find the relevant information. Newbies may not understand what these names are but I value accuracy and I think it is not too difficult to understand or it least, it shouldn't be too distracting if they want to ignore it. What do you think? ([[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]])
::This may also help in evaluating an editors reputation, to establish whether they deserve more or less power. ([[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]])
::This may also help in evaluating an editors reputation, to establish whether they deserve more or less power. ([[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]])
===Examples===
''I recalled that RationalWiki's crash was "most likely due to a MySQL connection error". ~~ Lumenos''
:''Trent said it was a hardware error, but he didn't provide details. [[User:Nx|Nx]] 15:15, 9 September 2009 (EDT)'' (quote by Lumenos)
::I think that WikiIndex would be more accurate if people signed these sorts of "comments" they put into articles, or they quote a source. [[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]] 01:25, 10 September 2009 (EDT)


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