Wikipedia talk:Mxt

Why this redirect
Help:Using talk pages currently reads in  part ''Comments are indented using one or more initial colons  or, on some pages, asterisks (*). Generally colons and asterisks should not be mixed.'' (my emphasis)

This is good advice but quite frequently ignored, generally I think out of ignorance, but sometimes with appalling results. And without wanting to go into WP:attack, there's sometimes even a suspicion that this is used similarly to wall of text tactics to silence opposition. Such tactics aren't common but do in my opinion occur and are made far easier and more effective by the far more common simple mistake of innocently mixing colons and asterisks.

So this is a pseudo-shortcut to make it easier to link to that particular clause. Please use with grace and goodwill, or it may be counterproductive. Andrewa (talk) 20:57, 22 November 2015 (UTC)