User:Auto~enwiki/Not

The exclamation mark most people use in terms like "!vote" is used to symbolize negation. It serves as a cute little reminder that it is "not the vote" that matters, but the reasoning behind the !vote that is important. Since we are not limited to the ASCII character encoding here on Wikipedia, I prefer to use "¬" to signify the same. decltype (talk) 07:41, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

From time to time, I may also use ¬ in conjuction with my, as in "¬my articles". The meaning is more or less the same. I am a strong proponent of the ownership of articles policy. If I refer to one or more articles as "¬my articles" (not my articles), it is merely a shorthand way of saying: "Articles that I created or contributed significantly to, or both, and actively maintain, and whose subject I may be an expert on (for some definition of expert), and will be happy to answer any question about, to the best of my knowledge." decltype (talk) 08:19, 3 June 2009 (UTC) ¬