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Latest comment: 14 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion
Hi Exuwon,
I realize that these are good faith edits, but when you changed the Planck units table in Natural units to the template, it affected the appearance of the article in a way that decreased consistency of format.
I am certainly not opposed to putting common information into templates and making use of the templates, but not at the expense of making the articles look worse. Then what's the point? If you can somehow use these templates in such a way that they do not compromize article quality, feel free. But don't make use of a tool, just because that tool exists, unless such use improves articles. 64.223.106.185 (talk) 16:50, 29 April 2010 (UTC)Reply
Well, first of all it's a pity that you haven't log in, so there can be a problem for delivering this massage to you. I can tell you the reason why to use the template. The concept is well described by the DRY principle, and it has nothing to do with the fact of tool existence itself. And I do believe that application of DRY principle by utilization of templates improves the article maintenance. The only question is how to insert the template in a way that article appearance will be satisfactory. Exuwon (talk) 01:17, 30 April 2010 (UTC)Reply
Well, I can always check your talk page. There are multiple reasons I edit anonymously as an IP. I can be more effective and get more good work done that way. Wikipedia is politically complicated. Lot's of backstabbing and other bullshit goes on here.
Essentially we are in agreement. I think it's fine to apply DRY, but not at the expense of other concerns like a consistent appearance for the articles. In Planck units, it seems perfectly appropriate to center that table prominently because that article is solely about Planck units. In Natural units, the table should look like the other tables for the other unit systems except for the content. If you can figure out a way to satisfy both concerns, I'm quite happy with that. 64.223.106.185 (talk) 04:08, 30 April 2010 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 14 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
It looks to me like the Cppcheck article is ready for you to go live. I think it's enough for a starter. It has info and establishes at least 2 external sources for notability. AliveFreeHappy (talk) 03:22, 14 September 2010 (UTC)Reply
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