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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
[[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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If it's to correct a misconception or to add more information, it can be integrated into the existing entry. If a response can be reasonably removed, it should.
Relatedly, if you are going to remove something, make sure that what's left behind still makes sense. [[Conversation in
No one is going to complain about the vast majority of the changes you want to make to a page. Don't feel any compunctions about adding or deleting entries if you think that your impressions are accurate or defendable. That said, don't let your bias get the better of you and completely wipe out whatever you disagree with. If there's more than one way to look at things, [[Righting Great Wrongs|they should all get their say]].
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