CreationWiki talk:Talk.Origins responses

Page name

Shouldn't the name of this page be "Templates for Talk.Origins responses"? Philip J. Rayment 10:17, 7 Feb 2005 (GMT)

It would seem that Template:Talk.Origins responses is the typical convention for a template file on other Wikis, and I'm wondering if there is a software-related reason for that.

--Chris Ashcraft 02:56, 10 Feb 2005 (GMT)

The page isn't really a template, either, but a guideline on how to format TO response pages. Therefore, it really belongs in the Project namespace, as it is now. ~ Webster (talk) 14:17, 19 November 2012 (PST)

Copyright

Mark Isaac wrote:

• Remember that the Index to Creationist Claims is copyrighted. Rather than quoting the page you are responding to, either paraphrase, link to the original, or quote brief excerpts only. (Note that most pages here are already in violation of copyright law and need to be redone.)

We do not believe we are breaching any copyright laws. As Answers in Genesis responded to Scientific American's threats [1], so do we. Here is the law reference for you: Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use. Some more thoughts at Fair Use: Interpretation and Guidelines.

(NB: The AiG link about Scientific American's threats is now dead; the article is now here.) Philip J. Rayment 03:57, 20 November 2012 (PST)

Thanks, Philip. The part of AiG that handled that is now part of CMI, so it's on their website. I've also added that link to the SciAm page. ~ Webster (talk) 12:22, 20 November 2012 (PST)

Response articles format

I like the header and footer templates; good job on them.

The one thing that bothers me, though, is the lack of sections. To edit any part of the article, one has to use the edit tab for the entire page. What I would like to see is a "==" header for the Claim and the Response, and "===" headers for each subsection of the response. That way, if I am scrolling down one of the longer articles, and find, say, a typo, I don't have to go all the way back to the top, edit the entire page, then scroll back down through the edit window, trying to find the place I saw the spot I wanted to change.

Also, how about linking to the "next" and "previous" claim in the Index, in addition to the link back to this page? Having the index numbers as redirects for each page makes that a fairly simple and (mostly) painless task.

Please let me know what you think. ~ MD Otley (talk) 18:35, 2 October 2007 (EDT)

I agree with all these changes.--Tsommer (Tony) 16:36, 19 November 2012 (PST)