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--- <font face="Pristina"><font size="3">''[[User:Monsieur Crow|Monsieur]] [[User_talk:Monsieur Crow|Crow]], Author Extraordinaire''</font></font>, 21:13, 1 July 2017 (EDT) | --- <font face="Pristina"><font size="3">''[[User:Monsieur Crow|Monsieur]] [[User_talk:Monsieur Crow|Crow]], Author Extraordinaire''</font></font>, 21:13, 1 July 2017 (EDT) | ||
:I am just not sure that soft banning words is a good idea. I get what you are going for here but I just don't know that this is the right way to do it. Some of your examples, especially those in the "editorialising" section are words and phrases that I even use, and fail to see harm in. <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva;font-size:12pt">'''[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #0b7">Serpent</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|16px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #fd0">King</span>]]'''</span> 23:36, 2 July 2017 (EDT) | :I am just not sure that soft banning words is a good idea. I get what you are going for here but I just don't know that this is the right way to do it. Some of your examples, especially those in the "editorialising" section are words and phrases that I even use, and fail to see harm in. <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva;font-size:12pt">'''[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #0b7">Serpent</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|16px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #fd0">King</span>]]'''</span> 23:36, 2 July 2017 (EDT) | ||
:Also, time references are applicable on tournament articles, and "as of" is another term I don't see the harm in. I thiiink the rest of it I can agree with, but I do have concerns that the current wording of the whole policy is too strict. There are situations where any......most of these words and phrases can and should be used. <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva;font-size:12pt">'''[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #0b7">Serpent</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|16px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #fd0">King</span>]]'''</span> 23:42, 2 July 2017 (EDT) | |||