Guild Wars 2 Wiki talk:The spirit of policy

By popular request. Keep in mind that this is still a draft (made at 3.40am...) so I've probably left out a ton of detail. Not sure as to whether it should be policy or guideline, so discuss away. -- Plingggggg \ Talk 03:41, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Looks good as a first draft. Lord Belar 03:45, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

I have this nagging feeling that people are going to manage to interpret this too literally :(. *Defiant Elements* +talk 03:54, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Then ban them for not following policy. :P Lord Belar 03:56, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

To be honest, I'm inclined to argue that the spirit of a policy does in fact render the specific wording unimportant... there should never be an instance where the words themselves are followed more closely than the spirit which underlies the policy. *Defiant Elements* +talk 03:58, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Only if you're a lawyer. Lord Belar 04:03, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Re-wrote some elements... if you don't like the changes, feel free to revert them. *Defiant Elements* +talk 03:52, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

That sounds much better, thanks -- Plingggggg \ Talk 03:57, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

No problem, writing policy is hard at 3:40 am :). *Defiant Elements* +talk 03:58, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Now to write a word for word special fantastic super fun happy NPA policy! -- Plingggggg \ Talk 03:59, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Do not make disparaging remarks about other users. There, I just wrote an NPA policy. Lord Belar 04:03, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Psssh... crappiest NPA ever. Using wikilawyer semantics I could beat the hell out of an NPA policy that categorizes them as "disparaging remarks." *Defiant Elements* +talk 04:22, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

That's not a disparaging remark. There, policy evaded. But nice writing, insomniac Brains Pling. Calor 04:25, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Well that's rather disparaging :P *Defiant Elements* +talk 04:45, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

May we have one of these for GWW? — Raine Valen 0:30, 5 Sep 2010 (UTC)

I agree! I like this a lot. Ariyen 18:57, 8 September 2010 (UTC)