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Policy

Since WP:BLP isn't policy, and inasmuch as the use of policy here generally may confuse editors who mistake the term to refer to WP:POLICY, ought we perhaps to remove the policies and locution? Joe 05:23, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

What is this about?

What is this about? I'm tempted to nominate it for deletion. It seems to be an excuse to add an extra template onto a talk page. Pointless. --Lord Deskana ^{I VALUE YOUR OPINIONS} 11:51, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

It's in order to encourage editors on bio pages to read BLP and to show subjects of articles where to go if there's a problem. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 06:44, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

I see the point of the template, but I definitely think the wording should be changed to "guideline", as that's what BLP is.--MikeJ9919 19:14, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

I think it needs to go back to the original, because BLP refers to policies as well as guidelines, and it's those policies the page tries to draw people's attention to. As Radiokirk, who changed it, hasn't responded to my query, I'm going to restore the original version. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 20:07, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree...the original looks fine to me.--MikeJ9919 22:48, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll change it back. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 22:55, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Recent edit

Radiokirk, I couldn't see the benefit of the changes you made recently. Can you explain? Also, BLP isn't policy yet, so we shouldn't use that word. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 06:44, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Format

Hi Kotepho, I've reverted back to the original format as I think it looks better. Was there a specific reason you preferred the other format and color? SlimVirgin ^(talk) 12:44, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

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That is what you get without standardization of templates, all examples taken from actual templates before they were standardized. Everyone thinks their favourite templates are special and deserve more attention, or they do not like the colour, or whatever. When they all use the same class, there is also the benefit that someone that does not like the look of a particular set of headers or they find them hard to read because of some form of colour blindness, they can override one CSS class and change all of them. See also Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Formatting_issues, Wikipedia:Accessibility#Style_and_markup. Kotepho 23:15, 2 July 2006 (UTC)