Father of the moderm tiling WMs proposed for deletion in Wikipedia.

Re:Father of the moderm tiling WMs proposed for deletion in ... by goodside on Wednesday March 03, 2010 @08:49AM (#1164048)

You do realize WP:N, WP:ATTP, WP:RS, etc. are all links to the policies being referenced, right? You're complaining that they're linking to policy pages to defend their opinions. If lawyers provided hyperlinks to every law they mentioned, I'd be ecstatic.

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Re:Father of the moderm tiling WMs proposed for deletion in ... by smackfu on Wednesday March 03, 2010 @08:55AM (#1164057)

Lawyers at least have to argue their points in front of a jury of laypersons. On Wikipedia, the only audience for this kind of thing is other wiki fanatics, so it just becomes more and more insular.

Also, that is kind of like the ultimate wiki defense: "any obscure terms are linked so my writing doesn't have to be clear".

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Re:Father of the moderm tiling WMs proposed for deletion in ... by Perceval on Wednesday March 03, 2010 @04:23PM (#1165208)

Lawyers are barred from making legal arguments directly to the jury. Judges hold the prerogative of instructing the jury on the law. Lawyers only make arguments about evidence, motivation, etc. to the jury.

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Re:Father of the moderm tiling WMs proposed for deletion in ... by shabda on Wednesday March 03, 2010 @09:30AM (#1164130)

Yes, but I am not a (wikipedia) lawyer, and so I dont need/want/have the inclination to justify my actions with an alphabet soup. I just want to contribute, (and hopefully want to see is stay).

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