Difference between revisions of "Category:Excessive verbosity"
(In leiu of a Talk area I can use, I am presenting my reasoning here. ''And'' my assertion that this page is a prime candidate for deletion) |
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[[File:Explanation length.png|right|thumb|Overall, the problem has been trending down since around 2015.]] | [[File:Explanation length.png|right|thumb|Overall, the problem has been trending down since around 2015.]] | ||
| β | This is an intrinsically problematic and subjective category, that is ill-defined. Relying upon word-/character-counts alone (see the 'problem trend' image) cannot be an | + | This is an intrinsically problematic and subjective category, that is ill-defined. Relying upon word-/character-counts alone (see the 'problem trend' image) cannot be an objective solution, as some pages necessarily explain very complicated comics in very many words because many (if not very many) words are necessary. Use of this Category implies that there is no clear pathway to streamlining this, or else it would just have been better to actually streamline the article instead of blindly adding this category to it. |
It seems to have been set up as the direct antithesis to the {{template|Incomplete}} tag, for raising an issue that the editor cannot currently/at all address themselves. Even though it also would be far more instructive to use that established template with something like "The sections about <foo> are too long and need rewriting" as the embedded statement/reason for its 'incompleteness'. Especially if an article is considered by someone (or seperate people) to be ''both'' missing information and yet also badly over-written. | It seems to have been set up as the direct antithesis to the {{template|Incomplete}} tag, for raising an issue that the editor cannot currently/at all address themselves. Even though it also would be far more instructive to use that established template with something like "The sections about <foo> are too long and need rewriting" as the embedded statement/reason for its 'incompleteness'. Especially if an article is considered by someone (or seperate people) to be ''both'' missing information and yet also badly over-written. | ||
[[Category:Pages to delete]] | [[Category:Pages to delete]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:57, 2 June 2026
This is an intrinsically problematic and subjective category, that is ill-defined. Relying upon word-/character-counts alone (see the 'problem trend' image) cannot be an objective solution, as some pages necessarily explain very complicated comics in very many words because many (if not very many) words are necessary. Use of this Category implies that there is no clear pathway to streamlining this, or else it would just have been better to actually streamline the article instead of blindly adding this category to it.
It seems to have been set up as the direct antithesis to the {{Incomplete}} tag, for raising an issue that the editor cannot currently/at all address themselves. Even though it also would be far more instructive to use that established template with something like "The sections about <foo> are too long and need rewriting" as the embedded statement/reason for its 'incompleteness'. Especially if an article is considered by someone (or seperate people) to be both missing information and yet also badly over-written.
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