Wonko on 20 Oct 2002 02:29:02 -0000


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Re: [spoon-discuss] finally...


Quoth Orc In A Spacesuit,

>> From: "Baron von Skippy" <baronvonskippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> From: "David E. Smith" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> I'm trying to work on the voting results as best I can. The Web server is
>>> up, I think, but it's annoying to have to submit (and occasionally
>>> re-submit) pages with gigantic massive forms over a dialup link. (Every
>>> time someone revises Rule 301, I grow another grey hair.)
>>> 
>>> ...dave
>>> 
>> -You know, there's no Rule 302. Or 303, or 304... 353. What if 301 (and
>> maybe 256 and 441 at some point) was broken into smaller, more manageable
>> chunks? It would effectively be the same as the current system; same words,
>> same precedents, etc., but it would be easier to look at each section of
>> the rule. Would that help, Dave?-
>> 
>> [[BvS]]
> 
> I'll set up the uber like that.  This particular edit won't be that much of
> a problem.  But the numbering?  No.  There were rules/proposals with those
> numbers, and while we can get those numbers for anything, I'd rather not.

In other words, you'll undo the entire Less is More movement?

Actually, I like that. The Less is More movement is essentially a less
elegant way of doing the keywords system. Just make sure that every portion
of 301 has the same keyword, and we could see them all at once as if it were
one rule.

-- 
Wonko

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