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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;laquo;- [[OpenVistA Wiki: Policies and Guidelines]]&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Patent nonsense&#039;&#039;&#039; is, quite simply, text that has no practical meaning whatsoever. However, even if it might have some apparent meaning, it is still so completely confusing and disorganized that no one can possibly make sense out of it.<br /> <br /> One should &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; confuse patent nonsense with:<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Very poorly written articles.&#039;&#039;&#039; Poorly written articles may need a lot of work to bring them up to OpenVistA Wiki&#039;s standards, but they are not patent nonsense. Allow them to stay in the database, list them on [[OpenVistA Wiki:Cleanup|Cleanup]] or [[OpenVistA Wiki:Pages needing attention|Pages needing attention]].<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Immature fragments or stubs.&#039;&#039;&#039; Sometimes, someone might write a [[OpenVistA Wiki:stub|stub]] that covers the subject very poorly and seems to make little or no sense. However, it is most likely not patent nonsense.<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Trolling.&#039;&#039;&#039; Occasionally, a &#039;&#039;VistA&#039;&#039;-hating &quot;troll&quot; will visit OpenVistA Wiki and write insulting messages to the members. Although this is not desirable, it is not patent nonsense.<br /> <br /> Patent nonsense is generally:<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Vandalism.&#039;&#039;&#039; Examples of vandalism generally includes what the vandal thinks are humorous messages or partially on-topic article fragments that distort the meaning of the subject. See [[OpenVistA Wiki:Dealing with vandalism|Dealing with vandalism]].<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Non-wikified articles.&#039;&#039;&#039; A good sign of patent nonsense is an article that is completely unformatted and contains no links to other pages.<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Childish entries.&#039;&#039;&#039; Articles that are completely disorganized, are of an immature writing level, and say a lot without covering more than the basics of the subject are probably patent nonsense.<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Completely off-topic articles.&#039;&#039;&#039; If the article has absolutely nothing to do with the title&#039;s subject, it&#039;s probably patent nonsense. (Be careful, though — sometimes this might be an innocent mistake on the author&#039;s part!)<br /> <br /> == How to deal with patent nonsense ==<br /> If you see a page that you believe is patent nonsense (and think that it is irrecoverably bad), list it on [[OpenVistA Wiki:pages for immediate deletion|pages for immediate deletion]]. If you are an [[OpenVistA Wiki:administrators|administrator]], you may just delete the article straight away.<br /> <br /> However, if you think the article is worth saving, try at least wikifying it first, to bring the article into [[OpenVistA Wiki:Build the web|the web]], and list the page on [[OpenVistA Wiki:pages needing attention|pages needing attention]]. After that, if some people think the page still doesn&#039;t belong, the matter can be discussed on [[OpenVistA Wiki:votes for deletion|votes for deletion]].</div>

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