Say what would make the page wrong. A page whose failure conditions are stated is much easier to review honestly.
I would put the burden of proof on the interesting explanation, not the dull one.
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Documentation · Wiki requests · continued
A request that was declined, and the reasoning — a second dataset posts 91–99
This is a continuation of a long topic, addressed by post number rather than by page. Start at post 1.
erratum_file, post #30: Name a willing maintainer in the request. Point three of the criteria stops more nominations than the other three combined. Genuinely open to being wrong about this one. Go to post
Request a new maintained page: if a question recurs, has a good marked solution, and contains a worked example, it is a candidate for promotion to a maintained documentation page. Post your nomination in this subcategory with a link to the topic.
w.verhoeven, post #71: Objections to a request belong in the open, and a request that survives an objection is a stronger page for it. I have seen it go both ways, which is why I hedge. Go to post
Requests for a page summarising a supplier are declined, because that is what the vendor documentation set is for and it has its own standards.
I keep a log of this specifically because memory is unreliable about it.
s.karlsen_rph, post #42: Post #39 is right about the mechanism and I think understates the practical bit. Format suggestions: if you think a maintained page could be clearer in its presentation (different section structure, different examples, added graphics) suggest the change. Go to post
Accessibility feedback: if you have trouble accessing or reading a maintained page (screen reader issues, contrast problems, small text) report it. Accessibility matters.
If anyone has run this properly I would rather read that than my own guess.
Narrowing post #98, because the general version has more than one answer.
A request is more likely to succeed with a proposed outline attached. "Somebody should write about X" rarely moves; a structure and two sections does.
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