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This wiki started long before MediaWiki and has not the same convention. There are many pages here and in fact a relatively small number of active people. The convention has grown up that the HomePage is the personal space of an individual, although other people may use it for discussion. While it is O.K. to make suggestions about the way a page could be improved, it is a bit different to comment on a HomePage as it may reflect some past history or a way of working which the author wishes to have the way it is. It is personal space here. Clicking on its heading will reveal the pages where it is linked (the same is true for any other page as well). An example: You can always reference: -- JohnFletcher

HomePages tend to be much more freeform. -- DaveVoorhis

I'm not convinced that we need to proliferate bureaucracies. -- DaveVoorhis

Who said anything about "<strong> <increase> of a <multitude>" of bureaucracy? I don't think it's a lot of bureaucracy, but every tiny bit added can add up to a lot. Obviously, we can ignore this instance of bureaucracy, but I'd hope that the prevailing attitude here isn't to keep suggesting bureaucracies. I think that would be a shame. -- DV

Whilst sich stark vermehren appears to be a strict translation, I doubt it carries quite the same implication. "Proliferate" means "increase rapidly" or "multiply". The suggestion to use a new concept may not be an act of bureaucracy, but its implementation might well be a manifestation of bureaucracy. I don't like bureaucracy. To put it simply, I don't like having to remember to do extra or special "stuff" unless the benefit significantly exceeds the extra mental and physical effort needed to do it. -- DV

Discussion works well under "xDiscussion" pages. -- DaveVoorhis

I'm afraid I don't see much distinction between the "Talk" and "Discussion" concepts, but if it's something important to you, that's fine. I don't have that much objection. I generally ignore the WikiOnWiki stuff like this, anyway, and prefer to focus on content, discussion, and debate about SoftwareDevelopment and related matters. -- DV

"Talk" addressed to a user has worked just fine for almost 20 years by writing it on a user's HomePage. Change should be driven by need, not by whim. Part of the WabiSabi beauty of WardsWiki is its essential simplicity and informality. Let's not ruin it. -- DaveVoorhis

I'm not playing Devil's Advocate. I am cautious about change. Again, as I wrote above, we are the curators of both the content and the process that spawned two of the most significant recent movements in SoftwareEngineering (DesignPatterns and ExtremeProgramming) and inspired the most significant recent movement in knowledge capture and dissemination (WikiPedia). Thus, we are careful to protect its unique character, as flawed as it may be. Change should be allowed to evolve organically, or it must be considered carefully. -- DaveVoorhis

This wiki community has experienced a lot of trauma and those who are still here are careful and thoughtful. -- JohnFletcher


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