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19 Post author: witzvo 09 June 2012 11:29PM

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Comment author: witzvo 10 June 2012 09:25:06PM *  1 point [-]

Although it bothers me that this keeps coming up and adding noise to the site, upvoted for agreement, because I'd like to see it too.

Sorry to add noise. Vincent pointed out one old discussion, I take it there are others too? How could I find them?

Maybe if topics keep coming up, it's evidence that there are important issues to address that aren't being addressed (weak evidence in this case; you could also say we need to improve the guidance on the welcome page, or searching, or that I didn't do due dilligence, or ...)?

And if important issues aren't being addressed, maybe we need to know why and figure out how to mobilize solutions?

EDIT: Of course one problem with this discussion point is that there are many ways to do it, and there's no particularly clear best way, and just like politics (or syntax) everyone has an opinion. Someone has to decide and actually implement, and they have limited time. The decision doesn't have to be democratic or anything, I agree.

Comment author: RobertLumley 10 June 2012 11:52:26PM 2 points [-]

It's come up several times in comment threads, if I recall correctly, but the thread Vincent pointed to is the only actual post dedicated to it I believe.