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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Kusma (talk | contribs) at 22:29, 14 February 2007 (Bots). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

It seems like there is already consensus against such elements, but not consensus for enforcing prohibiting them. See also this and this thread.

Feel free to expand or add reasons for both sides of the issue in the page, and clarify on the issue itself in prose. It's a bit rougher than I'd like, but I thought that I wanted merely to create a central page, and to channel discussion into this, its talk page. This is a policy and not a guideline, for reasons discussed at the Village Pump. Feel free to change the title if you don't like it, but I purposefully picked "Avoid" instead of "Do not". GracenotesT § 20:40, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Before I could comment on this, can a link to a category or list of actual MediaWiki user interface elements be provided on the project page? I would like to know the expected reach since this seems to be abstracted from the "new messages" practical joke to a broader purview. Thanks. ju66l3r 21:32, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bots

Why do bots get confused by joke "new messages" banners? It should be trivial to check whether the new message box has a link to the bot's own talk page (if it doesn't, it is not a real new message banner). Kusma (討論) 22:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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