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We are one Wikipedia.
Our goal is to build a complete, free encyclopedia.
We have infinite resources and plenty of time.
If we don't help each other, we will fail.

Good idea: test the PHP script

Bad idea: balkanize discussion.

One hopes enlightenment will come before total darkness falls.

12 November: too bad. I would have very much liked to build the entry on the plane crash. Oh well.

29 November: Good idea: Have policy pages as part of Wikipedia.

Bad idea: Military-analogy policies.

17 December: Good idea: be relativist about religion

Bad idea: In fit of political correctness, change all instances of "X mythology" to "stories of X religion".

10 January: Good idea: Only permanently and irrevocably delete pages that have no historical use or future use.

Bad idea: Delete a list of such entries which someone else put on meta-wikipedia.

17 January: Good idea: let people discuss merits of Wikipedia policy using the Wiki collaborative process.

Bad idea: Force attribution of authorship to every paragraph.

11 October: Good idea: harmonize interlanguage efforts.

Bad idea: make stabs at political correctness without a clear understanding of the consequences.

3 July: Bad idea: amateurish pastel boxes on homepage.

/Poetry

/Talk

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+#  We are one Wikipedia.
+# Our goal is to build a complete, free encyclopedia.
+# We have infinite resources and plenty of time.
+# If we don't help each other, we will fail.
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 November: too bad. I would have very much liked to build the entry on the plane crash. Oh well.
-Well build it! You know you're the best we have at that sort of stuff. I don't know why you are having so much trouble coping with the thought that there is a place for the encyclopedia, and a separate place for discussions "about" the encyclopedia, and anything else you want to talk about.  I view it more as an exercise in neatness and tidiness, rather than an attempt to inhibit discussion. After all, when you buy Brittanica, you don't get all the inter-office memos that obviously went into its creation. In my own view *everything* that is not an encyclopedia article would *not* be in the 'pedia, including all the talk entries. However this is not about restrictions, this is about distinguishing the "encyclopedia" from the "discussion about the encyclopedia".
+November: Good idea: Have policy pages as part of [http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Militia Wikipedia].
+Bad idea: Military-analogy policies.
+December: Good idea: be relativist about religion
+Bad idea: In fit of political correctness, change all instances of "X mythology" to "stories of X religion".
+January: Good idea: Only permanently and irrevocably delete pages that have no historical use or future use.
+Bad idea: Delete a list of such entries which someone else put on meta-wikipedia.
+January: Good idea: let people discuss merits of Wikipedia policy using the Wiki collaborative process.
+Bad idea: Force attribution of authorship to every paragraph.
+October: Good idea: [[Thoughts on Wikipedia interlanguage priorities|harmonize interlanguage efforts]].
+Bad idea: make stabs at political correctness without a clear understanding of the consequences.
-Anyway, I'm really saddened to see you taking it this way. As someone who has also dealt with the "should I stay or should I go" issue, I do hope you reconsider, because regardless of your disputes with Larry, everyone (including LMS) sees you as a vital and passionate contributor to the project. - [[MMGB]]
+July: Bad idea: amateurish pastel boxes on homepage.
-I agree 100% with the above. - [[Seb]]
+[[User:The Cunctator/Poetry|/Poetry]]
-Why do you keep putting Aristotle back on the drop-outs page? He's taken great pains to remove himself from Wikipedia. I'm not going to get into an edit war over it, but its pretty obvious that he doesn't want to be there. STG
+[[User:The Cunctator/Talk|/Talk]]