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It is very nice when someone adds a complete, well-written, final draft of an article to Wikipedia. This should never be discouraged. |
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It is very nice when someone adds a complete, well-written, original final draft of an article to Wikipedia. This should never be discouraged. |
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Editing a talk page is rather easier than editing an encyclopedia article page, because all one is required to do is tack on one's opinion. This, however, can very often prove to be a distraction from the harder but more rewarding work of actually writing an article. Often, for some people, it can seem more interesting to engage in verbal fisticuffs than actually work on encyclopedia articles. The wiki software permits this--but that doesn't mean it's a good idea. It's probably not a good idea if the discussion in no way contributes to the article's improvement. It's only the habits we encourage that keeps Wikipedia from turning into another H2G2 or Everything2. We really don't want Wikipedia to go that route. Please see Wikipetiquette for some suggestions on how you can avoid overusing talk pages in this way. |
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Editing a talk page is rather easier than editing an encyclopedia article page, because all one is required to do is tack on one's opinion. This, however, can very often prove to be a distraction from the harder but more rewarding work of actually writing an article. Often, for some people, it can seem more interesting to engage in verbal fisticuffs than actually work on encyclopedia articles. The wiki software permits this--but that doesn't mean it's a good idea. It's probably not a good idea if the discussion in no way contributes to the article's improvement. It's only the habits we encourage that keeps Wikipedia from turning into another H2G2 or Everything2. We really don't want Wikipedia to go that route. Please see Wikipetiquette for some suggestions on how you can avoid overusing talk pages in this way. |
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