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Suggested re-structuring to deal with discussion and opinion pages better
===Ambiguity about "Discussion" pages===
Each page automatically gets a "discussion" tab that goes to "Talk:<topic>". But if you use the standard template, you also get a link in the InfoBox to "<topic>_(discussion)". Can we remove that ambiguity? The pages have two distinct purposes -- discussion about the appropriate editing of the <topic> page, and opinions about the <topic> itself -- so I think we should retain both. But they should be called different things, not both "discussion". Could we set up a separate namespace for the second purpose rather than use the "_(discussion) suffix? Is it possible to add a new tab to *all* pages, so that each page had a link in the header to "Talk:<topic>" as well as a link to "Discussion:<topic>"? [[User:MatthewClarke|Matt]] 14:41, 22 August 2009 (PDT)
===Separate namespace for opinionated pages===I believe that WikiChristian would become a much more credible source of information, if there were a cleaner separation of Information and Opinion articles. That separation has two parts:* Structural: The use of the author's initials in a suffix for opinion pages is artificial and too easily misused. We could use Categories more extensively, with a Category for Opinions, but I think a better solution would be to establish an Opinions namespace. Authors could still name the pages with their initials as a suffix if they wanted, but it would no longer be necessary.* Visual: Within that namespace, can we automate some clear visual distinction, such as a different background colour? Anyone agree? [[User:MatthewClarke|Matt]] 14:41, 22 August 2009 (PDT)
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