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An in-wiki admonition that speaks against explaining why an entry is wrong or incomplete instead of just fixing it.
A common offender is the [[Justifying Edit]] ("Well to be fair, the show was right to use that [[Trope]] because..."), but there's plenty of variety, from [[But Wait! There's More!|"Not to mention that..." tangents]] through [[Thread Mode|"However" clauses which make the page seem like it's arguing with itself]] all the way to [[Conversation in The Main Page|paragraphs on end of aimless chatter]].
[[How to Use Bullet Points|The second/third bullet point is oft-misused]] to reply to an example; sentences that obviously got tacked onto a paragraph as a response are also commonplace and may be even more disruptive. The tone may be polite, passive-aggressive or sarcastic, but the result is the same: Concise examples turn into [[Wall of Text|walls of text]], the wiki loses its consistent voice and [[Signal to Noise Train Wreck|the interesting parts get drowned out in all the noise]].
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