User:Hyacinth/No negative headings

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Per Wikipedia:No personal attacks, please refrain from being critical and negative in headings on talk pages. Keep in mind that you may think you are being critical about details of the article, but those details where written by individual editors, and thus you are criticizing their edits and them.

Article talk pages should be used for discussing the articles and how to improve them, not to criticize, pick-apart, or vent about the current status of an article. This does not mean one should not use talk pages to propose improvements: Headings on article talk pages should be used to facilitate discussion and article improvement by indicating and limiting topics related to the article in a positive, fair, and NPOV manner.

Write headers whose titles in a few words describes the issue or problem you have with the article in the form of a question, through a broader issue, or as a positive assertion. For example: If your issue with the article Dinosaur is that it states that "All dinosaurs walked on two legs." Do not write a heading on the talk page: "This article is completely wrong and stupid," or, "Morons think all dinosaurs walk on two legs," or even "All dinosaurs did not walk on two legs." Rather, attempt to make your headings welcoming to those you disagree with. Try, "Did all dinosaurs walk on two legs?", "Dinosaur locomotion", or, "Brontosauri walked on four legs". This will make it easy for people to address that issue, work towards consensus, and eventually resolve the issue or dispute and improve the article. Thanks.