Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-25020300-20141230050558/@comment-1251315-20150111195319

I'm in two minds now. I agree with Ghost on the matter that bugs should really be confirmed to increase the credibility of the wiki. However, I also agree with the points brought up by other users such as Aldmeri and Bluesonic1: talkpages are pretty much universally ignored on the wiki (the exception being user talkpages).

The only way article talkpages are going to get used is if some of our editors make the effort to use them. In the vast majority of cases of bugs being removed, it is generally Erik who removes the bugs, but he seems to make no effort in actually copy/pasting the unconfirmed bug to a talkpage and informing the editor in question to discuss it there. Another editor, Cubears actually did remove some unconfirmed bugs from articles, but he actually did make the effort to use the talkpages.

It seems to me that it comes down to the fact that the editors removing unconfirmed bugs are doing it because that is what they have been told to do. I think the wiki would improve if those particular editors were informed of how they go about doing things so that there is more community spirit. As it stands, editors come to the wiki, add a bug and then leave when they find an editor has just clicked Undo because of policy.

I should point out that policies should be nothing more than guidelines for best practice. It should not be necessary to force editors into following a guideline. What we should be doing is educating users and editors on best practice and reminding them if they do something wrong, instead of it being something to enforce as a "policy".