Talk:Hobson's Livery Stable

Bloat?

Are the mentions of the ex-American President and the used-flying-saucer dealer citations or references to one of TPs books? Yes, they may be funny, but they seem to be irrelevant and are distracting. At least, the annoying flying-saucer-part should be considerably shortened.--EinFritz (talk) 05:47, 21 October 2013 (GMT)

As non-native speaker, I've looked up the meaning of "presumptuous". Calling the attempt of a newbie to cut down on bloat and improve the readability of the wiki presumptuous is in my eyes disrespectful, especially after having called out for help for improvements. Even if the "flying saucer" part is a quote out of a bookof TP, there would have been a more polite way to justify the objection to my edit. --EinFritz (talk) 19:25, 21 October 2013 (GMT)

Are newbies not supposed to be respectful of those who went before? We like to see some discussion and justification before ripping out large sections. We have also traditionally valued humor where reasonable in the articles, following the model of Stephen Briggs's Companions. I could have reverted without comment as you did, but reasons are required, and I supplied them. (I don't think you could call the article "bloated", either, not filling a page.) --Old Dickens (talk) 22:00, 21 October 2013 (GMT)