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:OK thanks for the heads up. I should have done it that way. --[[User:Dr. Edmonds|Dr. Edmonds]] ([[User talk:Dr. Edmonds|talk]]) 19:34, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
== Valuing the time of your readers ==
You linked to [[Government formation]] from [[Main Page]], which was a very bold move. That seems fine; being bold is encouraged in the wiki editing community (e.g. [[w:WP:BOLD]] on English Wikipedia). However, you'll note that English Wikipedia has many other guidelines for article creation (e.g. [[w:Help:Your first article]]). Over on the "[[Talk:Government formation]]" page, I referred to [[Special:Redirect/revision/9532|rev 9532 of "Government formation"]] as "''a long, uncited essay written exclusively by a single author, with links to other articles buried in prose''." I'll admit that that assessment was a bit blunt (sorry about that!).
Your response was "''To be clear there is nothing that is opinion and to call it an essay is a little weird''. I'll admit, I didn't have the time or inclination to provide a careful reading of your article draft, but honestly, it was a long read, and my time is valuable. Moreover, the time of the readers of this site is also valuable. I'm grateful that [[User:BetterVotingAdvocacy]] read it and was able to point out some basic problems with your draft article.
Your response to [[User:BetterVotingAdvocacy]] on [[Talk:Government formation]] indicated that you forgot about "you Condorcet people", and then brushed off the problems of linking to an unfinished article from the [[Main Page]] with "''This is how wiki pages should work''". Perhaps, but that's not how pages on this wiki work. Especially wiki pages linked to from the [[Main Page]] of Electowiki. If you would like me to carefully read and copyedit your work, you should ask me about my hourly billing rate for that. If you expect me to volunteer for that; no, I'm not volunteering to carefully read and copyedit the [[Government formation]] article. I would rather move it to your user space until it is ready to be linked to from the homepage. Could you be a little more respectful of my time, and the time of the readers of Electowiki? -- [[User:RobLa|RobLa]] ([[User talk:RobLa|talk]]) 04:25, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
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