Wikipedia talk:Proseline

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[edit] Stop tagging "proselines"

This is NOT a wikipedia guideline (and "proseline" is a neologism), articles should not be given a large colorful warning banner about a "flaw" that is fundamentally someone's opinion. If you don't like a "proseline," rewrite the article instead of slapping a warning tag on it like a lazy full-of-yourself editor.

"Article requirements" are ruining Wikipedia, as is the ease of deletion for a wide variety of real and imagined offenses against style or noteworthiness. I would rather sift through some misinformation now and then (and correct it when appropriate) than face another boring, fully-cited, copyright-legit online encyclopedia.

Anyway, I guess "proseline" is where I choose to take a stand, you sniveling Wiki effetes. New Providence (talk) 18:14, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] What an essay

Wow, all along I've been fuming about that Saddam article, and someone decided to create an essay on what a bad idea it is! 146.186.44.217 03:15, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regardless

The "regardless" with which the last paragraph begins lacks a referent. Regardless of what? D021317c 09:56, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Just a phase, articles grow out of it

IMHO "proselining" is not bad habit when describing events near realtime. It is almost impossible to spot the important details from the mass when the news are changing. We can always convert those "proseline" notes to real prose after things have calmed down. It is so much easier then, and it is good to have detailed notes ready for the task.

Remember that the historical meaning of everyday events can only be seen retrospectively. We are only hurting ourselves if we try it prematurely.

-- Talamus 20:08, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Not sure that the article is advocating the non-use of proseline, just that as time passes and the context becomes more apparent, the info should be transfered into prose or a timelineTalltim 23:18, 16 May 2007 (UTC)


Nice Essay


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Is there any good reason the plural of "proseline" should be "proseline", and not "proselines"? 71.82.214.160 02:29, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

I think he means it's a continuous material, like sand on the beach. You don't say "sands" usually, unless they're different coloured sands. I don't think this applies to analogously to sheep though. -SB

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pronounced: [pɹoʊzˈlaɪn]?? - what on earth is that meant to mean? an upside down omega sign tells me nothing about how to pronounce anything

It means: "Learn IPA". 213.37.6.23 (talk) 21:06, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Proseline? Recentism?

Whoever came up with this word and the associated template, isn't this in direct violation of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_neologisms ?

It's an awful name that sounds like the exact opposite of what it's really describing. And it'd be nice if people with mere essays wouldn't link to them in huge honking templates in everyone's face for no reason. Throw a note on the talk page or something, this is just overkill and offensive in its clumsiness. DreamGuy 14:49, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

True: I thought it had something to do with Vaseline. Milkfish 21:27, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

So is Proseline's parent the sister or the brother of Recentism? I'm confused. gohlkus 00:08, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proseline - is it bad anyway?

I find this sort of information, particularly if the dates at the beginning of each line are made bold (or bulleted), very easy to read and compatible with the way people browse the internet. However, I suppose if the list gets really long (15-20 items or more) it might be best moved to another article "Timeline of... whatever". Or "Proseline of... whatever", I suppose. -SB

[edit] Pronunciation

The current version says its pronunciation is [pɹoʊzˈlaɪn]. Is that correct? I believe proseline is pronounced [ˈpɹoʊzlaɪn] (PROSE-line), not [pɹoʊzˈlaɪn] (prose-LINE). - TAKASUGI Shinji 12:28, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Who cares how it's pronounced -- IT'S NOT A REAL WORD New Providence (talk) 18:16, 14 February 2008 (UTC)