Pointers To Not Here --
ThinkingOutLoud DonaldNoyes 20071030
This is a class of pointers which exist to indicate the lack of a pointed to State, Object, Reference, or Method.
It is initially a Pointer to Nowhere and has no champion, being only a notation.
It becomes actionable only when it is provided a destination or fulfillment by one who accepts, or is assigned the responsibility of action.
It is useful because it announces that something is missing.
I think I know what this is supposed to mean but it really is formulated too abstract/fluffy.
This is what
ThinkingOutLoud is. (Abstract, Structural, Not fully developed, suggestive) I mean for the idea to be abstract. In this way it covers more objects, much in the way classes do.
[Indeed. The above certainly raises the bar on WoodenLanguage. Wouldn't the description be much clearer if it were replaced with a statement like, "These tags indicate pages in need of further work or attention," and perhaps change the page title to something meaningful like PageNeedsWork or CategoryNeedsAttention?] See Below (Plain Language Instances)
Here are examples, objects and instances which the abstraction is meant to cover.
Wiki:
SoftwareDevelopment
WikiPedia
- CitationNeeded
- This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.
- This linguistics article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it
- Category:Articles lacking sources
- Category:Articles with unsourced quotes or Category:Articles with unsourced statements
- Category:Wikipedia_articles_needing_factual_verification
- Unreferenced Biographies of Living People
- Article with improperly formatted references
Plain Language Instances:
- This is a notation made in a page, a portion of text, or source code, in which a person playing the role of manager, director or controller inserts a notation which points out that something is missing, either within the text space, or pointing from the text space which needs to be supplied by a volunteer or assignee.
- These tags indicate pages in need of further work or attention
- PageNeedsWork
- CategoryNeedsAttention
- This page may be deleted (sometime, sometime soon, eventually)
Related:
CategoryCategory (kind of)