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:::::As for the question you can't find, I'll quote you: "[Bugler], it's not difficult to find." [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 16:00, 28 September 2008 (EDT)
:::::As for the question you can't find, I'll quote you: "[Bugler], it's not difficult to find." [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 16:00, 28 September 2008 (EDT)
::::::Most amusing, Jazzman. Hoist by my own petard, ''non''? But, ''revenons a nos moutons''. A short essay? I prefer to think of it as an illustrated or expanded definition. We aim our entries at homeschoolers, and as well as being family friendly, the articles need to be correctly pitched, and the use of an instructive sentence or two not only conveys the way in which a word or term is used, but can also convey a positive moral message at the same time. Two birds with one stone! Who could quibble? [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 16:05, 28 September 2008 (EDT)
::::::Most amusing, Jazzman. Hoist by my own petard, ''non''? But, ''revenons a nos moutons''. A short essay? I prefer to think of it as an illustrated or expanded definition. We aim our entries at homeschoolers, and as well as being family friendly, the articles need to be correctly pitched, and the use of an instructive sentence or two not only conveys the way in which a word or term is used, but can also convey a positive moral message at the same time. Two birds with one stone! Who could quibble? [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 16:05, 28 September 2008 (EDT)
:::::::Thank you for (finally) answering our query, and with only a minimum of smugness! We are making progress.
:::::::You say you "''prefer to think of it'' as an... expanded definition"; is this a [[euphamism]] or simply a turn of phrase? If the former, then you agree this is an essay. Essays do not belong alongside normal articles; they belong with the other essays in the "essay" namespace. If the latter, you have not attributed your opinion ("If that makes Conservatives old-fashioned, so much the better"), and you have no citations for any of your claims. ''Encyclopedia'' entries (aimed at homeschoolers or not) must be "true and verifiable", not simply "conservative friendly for the sake of being conservative friendly". [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 16:24, 28 September 2008 (EDT) PS: Plus on top of all that there isn't actually a good and correct definition of the term.