Jukeboksi: ok

2004-08-28T15:38:25Z

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	It's been suggested to call an [[intermediate page]] a '''template''' but this is not the terminology [[Metaweb]] uses, and it's a highly overloaded term, so it's not a great idea. Let's emphasis the "moving from medium to medium" aspect of these pages, not their initial cookie-cutter use to generate empty pages. In general you want to copy [[good example]]s as a [[prototype]] to get keep [[best practices]] evolving not create empty pages from a template that may in fact not yet reflect those practices. So for instance the so-called template is really a series of statements that say "write a list of [[comprehensive outcome]]s as good as the one for [[KitKat McFlurry]]", etc., always referring to the most extensively researched and succinct pages as a model.		It's been suggested to call an [[intermediate page]] a '''template''' but this is not the terminology [[Metaweb]] uses, and it's a highly overloaded term, so it's not a great idea. Let's emphasis the "moving from medium to medium" aspect of these pages, not their initial cookie-cutter use to generate empty pages. In general you want to copy [[good example]]s as a [[prototype]] to get keep [[best practices]] evolving not create empty pages from a template that may in fact not yet reflect those practices. So for instance the so-called template is really a series of statements that say "write a list of [[comprehensive outcome]]s as good as the one for [[KitKat McFlurry]]", etc., always referring to the most extensively researched and succinct pages as a model.

			:Umm. Ok. I'll lose the template pages now, you are making a point. --[[User:Juxo\|Juxo]] 18:38, 28 Aug 2004 (EEST)

142.177.103.58: calling these "templates" is a bad idea- here's why

2004-08-28T15:35:42Z

calling these "templates" is a bad idea- here's why

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It's been suggested to call an [[intermediate page]] a '''template''' but this is not the terminology [[Metaweb]] uses, and it's a highly overloaded term, so it's not a great idea. Let's emphasis the "moving from medium to medium" aspect of these pages, not their initial cookie-cutter use to generate empty pages. In general you want to copy [[good example]]s as a [[prototype]] to get keep [[best practices]] evolving not create empty pages from a template that may in fact not yet reflect those practices. So for instance the so-called template is really a series of statements that say "write a list of [[comprehensive outcome]]s as good as the one for [[KitKat McFlurry]]", etc., always referring to the most extensively researched and succinct pages as a model.

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Jukeboksi: ok

142.177.103.58: calling these "templates" is a bad idea- here's why