Talk:Pwnie Awards

Directory of winners

It doesn't really do much other than try to highlight the names. per WP:NOTDIR, it looks like a directory of persons, and not really appropriate especially with the subject itself not even having a full paragraph of worthwhile information. Cantaloupe2 (talk) 04:05, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

I believe a good solution would be to convert the list into prose, highlighting the notable winners and leaving out unnecessary technical detail. Most of the coverage of the subject is about the winners, so it makes sense that most of the article is about them, but the list format isn't very meaningful. Dreamyshade (talk) 04:10, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Actually, its a glorified copypasta from the webmaster's own page: http://pwnies.com/archive/ It's not a directory and should not remain here IMO. Cantaloupe2 (talk) 04:11, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Instead of removing it, we can work on converting it into a proper encyclopedic article. It's mostly useful information, just in the wrong format. Dreamyshade (talk) 04:14, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

I don't believe that whatever it gets written in is in ink with the assumption that others have the burden to build around it. As opposed to not permitting trash to pile up in the first place. At least, that's what I read. Cantaloupe2 (talk) 04:16, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

The policy at WP:PRESERVE says "Preserve appropriate content. As long as any of the facts or ideas added to the article would belong in a 'finished' article, they should be retained if they meet the requirements of the three core content policies (Neutral point of view, Verifiability and No original research) and the writing cleaned up on the spot, or tagged if necessary." The list in the article represents the efforts of multiple editors over several years; it makes sense to me to be cautious about entirely removing it, such as at least getting additional opinions first. Dreamyshade (talk) 04:25, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Lamest Vendor Response 2018

Lamest Vendor Response for 2018 looks like it was written by the recipient of the award, trying to minimize the bad press. 84.19.140.150 (talk) 12:48, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

This is in reference to D. Bernstein's assertion that qmail was not to be used beyond certain sizes. Qmail was used beyond that size (15+ years later), and the Pwnies blog is criticising the apparent lack of foresight and Bernstein's assertion.

Everything on that blog is extremely niche and relies on insider knowledge to fully understand,and since it's largely opinion-based you likely won't agree with it even if you do understand. JSory (talk) 19:18, 28 May 2023 (UTC)