Template talk:Neurosis

Someone made the template look like something you'd find on some amateur fansite. Wikipedia has standard formatting for navboxes. This formatting was restored to remove the unencyclopedic "teen cruft" version. 156.34.220.210 01:13, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt it's what you call unencyclopedic, I look at it like it's alternative formatting. It's truly boring to look at (think a bit, do you agree? you probably do and follow guidelines anyway) but if thats the way of it, I was thinking of having a Wikipedia without these restrictions..... yet still professional --CircafuciX 01:28, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is trying to be a resource... or... "encyclopedia". Cold, boring, 'just the facts' style and format. Whether it's appealing or not is not the goal. Standards... as hard as they are to maintain... are what will eventually make the project a respected resource. Right now it isn't. For all the hours of hard work that go in here... Wiki doesn't get much respect. Colour and flash... or any other typical internat 'shock and awe' are fine for someone's personal website. But for an encyclopedia... it just lowers the quality.

And, in this case... the previous "bang" version of the template contained an image which was a WP:FAIR vio. So it needed cleanup for both standard guideline and strict Wikipedia policy. Feel free to correct any non-standard navboxes you see. It all works for the betterment of the entire project. If it didn't... WIki wouldn't have any policies or guidelines at all. 156.34.210.239 01:44, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]