- From: Matthew Raymond <mattraymond@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 03:30:56 -0400
- To: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
- CC: www-style@w3.org
David Woolley wrote: > (My view is that the need to enforce such templates indicates a failure > of the the original web concept of allowing ordinary people to author > content.) Personally, I see the enforcement of templates as counter to the spirit of wikis and other similar sites. If people are prevented from editing the contents of a template, and the template is optional, they will simply create the apparent equivalent of the contents of the template and add their own changes. In other words, people will try to hack the template system. Enforcing a set of template rules is like trying to prevent copyright infringement. In fact, the two my not be unrelated... Template enforcement = DRM??? /me shrugs.
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