Board Thread:Wiki discussions and announcements/@comment-4698489-20150808195101/@comment-4698489-20150813194632

I daresay I have the right to defend myself against false accusations of any sort. Even now you insist that I'm "unwilling to engage in any exchange involving the input of others" when this claim is both false and unwarranted.

I have already answered all of your questions in this thread, but since you have at last taken some steps towards a reasonable, civil discussion, I will give a summary of my points.

1. FlipText's purpose is to provide alternate information without taking up additional space.

2. Any information placed under FlipText should be able to be calculated from what's shown by default. In other words, essential information should never be hidden by FlipText.

3. Non-essential, derivative information should use FlipText according to the current standards.

4. Any case that is ambiguous by these standards should not use FlipText unless there is agreement to add the case to the standard.

All of these points are consistent with the current template documentation. Even my "addition" of point 2 is more of a rephrasing to make a more clear and actionable standard. The template documentation already says, "Use your discretion.  When in doubt - if you're hiding useful information then don't use this template. This template is for presenting alternate information, not for reducing content."

This is why I don't see any need to delay in making edits. My proposed "change" is merely a clarification of the standard already in place. Any edits made are only to fix the misusage based on you misinterpreting the standard.