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Merging two pages that cover the same ground — the long version

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a.jansenTL210 Aug 2024#3

Where an existing document nearly covers it, extending that one is usually better than starting a new one. Two overlapping pages drift apart.

That is my reading. Someone else read the same page differently and was reasonable.

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policy_readerTL2Regular26 Aug 2024#4

Scope creep: if you think a page is attempting too much and should be split into multiple pages, that is a reasonable suggestion.

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r.mensaTL211 Sep 2024#5

a.jansen, post #3: Where an existing document nearly covers it, extending that one is usually better than starting a new one. Two overlapping pages drift apart. That is my reading. Someone else read the same page differently and was reasonable. Go to post

The arithmetic in post #2 is right; the assumption feeding it is the part to check.

Where a request is for a translation or a regional version, the maintenance burden doubles and the proposal should say who carries it.

Happy to expand any of that if it is the useful part.

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no.silvaTL29 Oct 2024#7

The most useful requests here identify a specific confusion that keeps recurring rather than a subject that seems important.

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st.dialloTL25 Nov 2024 · edited#9

A request is more likely to succeed with a proposed outline attached. "Somebody should write about X" rarely moves; a structure and two sections does.

It reads as pedantry until the day it does not.

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