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has a realistic educational use and applying the principle of least astonishment in categorization and placement." The resolution emphasizes that controversial...

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this article what is the line of 'least astonishment' most likely to be?" The term "principle of least astonishment" is slightly misleading. What the WMF...

to information for all," but also "We support the principle of least astonishment: content on Wikimedia projects should be presented to readers in such...

WP:CORNCOBSWP:CORNCOBS WP:SKITTLESWP:SKITTLES The opposite of the Principle of Some Astonishment is the Principle of Complete Puzzlement: some details don't belong because...

§ Contentious labels Verifiability Biographies of a living persons Offensive material Wikipedia:Writing better articles § Principle of least astonishment...

biographies Humour Signpost editor censors herself Essay Principle of Some Astonishment From the archives Playing with Wikipedia words   Wikipedia:Wikipedia...

be confused Wikipedia:Go ahead, vandalize Wikipedia:Principle of some astonishment Wikipedia:Queen Elizabeth slipped majestically into the water http://www...

respond to a result turning up Quercus. Also, under the principle of least astonishment, we want people to be in a position of understanding information without...

bureaucratese used by police (in the US at least): Wikipedia:Principle of Some Astonishment Wikipedia:Queen Elizabeth slipped majestically into the water Wikipedia:Lies...

editor censors herself Nothing funny about it. Essay Principle of Some Astonishment Remind you of any Wikipedia articles? From the archives Playing with...

nom and then redirect to Slave narrative per the Principle of least astonishment. The "slave journal" described on the existing page has to do with sexual...

controversial content, which states, We support the principle of least astonishment: content on Wikimedia projects should be presented to readers in such...

new users, making it even more in violation of the principle of least astonishment. Danger (talk) 05:31, 3 November 2009 (UTC) The above discussion is preserved...

article. It is still quite humorous, but does not have the same impact of astonishment. ~ Ningauble (talk) 22:29, 28 June 2021 (UTC) I always remember the Heidi...

Wikipedia:Pay attention to spelling (merged in) Wikipedia:Principle of least astonishment (merged in) Wikipedia:Pronoun (merged in) Wikipedia:Substub (shouldn't...

[[coprophagia]]"? This not only would follow the principle of "least astonishment", but be more informative. -- llywrch 20:35, 6 December 2005 (UTC) Make...

a general audience In accordance with Wikipedia's principle of least astonishment, make sure readers know what to expect when they click on a link. The...

Foundation, controversial images should follow the principle of 'least astonishment', that is, we should choose images that respect the conventional expectations...

particularly the subject of it, does not follow the principle of least astonishment. ApexParagon (talk) 06:16, 1 April 2025 (UTC) The above discussion is...

megabucks transfers triggering public speculation, and doubtless no little astonishment. For the week of September 1 - 7, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia...

(talk) 21:56, 1 February 2015 (UTC) Delete per the principle of least astonishment. --Mr. Guye (talk) 02:16, 3 February 2015 (UTC) Delete. Decolonization...

editor censors herself Nothing funny about it. Essay: Principle of Some Astonishment Remind you of any Wikipedia articles? From the archives: Playing with...

article about a specific school in Pakistan? The principle of least astonishment says English Grammar School should be a redirect pointing to Grammar...

nothing. The whole page belongs on User:EEng's Wikipedia:Principle of Some Astonishment Legacypac (talk) 05:52, 4 December 2018 (UTC) Delete/redirect/merge Yet...

it would people looking for this album. Under the Principle of Least Astonishment, I think the best course of action is to delete. -- ShinmaWa(talk) 15:34...

least astonishment? � (talk) 13:36, 22 June 2014 (UTC) I see what you mean, but I don't think this will indeed violate principle of least astonishment. Target...

the BBC "Man Rescues Injured Dog, Wins Hearts Online", published by Times of India Wikipedia:Principle of some astonishment Wikipedia:Run-of-the-mill...

Wikipedia:Gender-neutral language Wikipedia:LGBT phrases to be avoided Wikipedia:Principle of Some Astonishment, a humorous attack on repetitive detail...

about a wonderful person. But its violation of the principle of least astonishment gives me a queasy feeling. Delete. - Plutor 19:04, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)...

links: vimeo.com/128838758: *{{Vimeo |id=128838758 |title="Brush the Sky: Astonishment ( 驚 ) Odoroku" @ Seattle Center Folklife Festival; May 2015}} Aakash...

2011 (UTC) Such a redirect would grossly violate the principle of least astonishment for redirect targets; the redirected user would search in vain for informativeness...

target, so editors are encouraged to add a mention there to minimize WP:ASTONISHment. Owen× ☎ 21:13, 28 April 2026 (UTC) [Hide this box] New to Articles for...

once featured on the main page WP:NOTCENSORED WP:Principle of least astonishment Talk:Main_Page/Archive_194/Section_7#Graphic but educational image of...

participants in recent debates about such material call "the principle of least astonishment", a term used by Jimmy Wales in his recent intervention on the German...

history • stats)     [ Closure: keep/delete ]  Per the principle of least astonishment. The iPhone article doesn't talk about the supposed next generation of...

employers of the critics who reviewed it. Wikipedia:Citing sources § In-text attribution Wikipedia:Principle of Some Astonishment Wikipedia:Weasel wording...

activities. Perhaps thirty or forty of these were contributed, to the astonishment, dismay, and eventual disgust of VfD regulars. Many thought, incorrectly...

list article got merged: It'd kind of violate the principle of least astonishment we're supposed to follow with redirects. We might put a notation in the...

began in 1907, and newspapers around the world were quick to express astonishment and disbelief that Brazil, far outside the traditional world powers,...

FENS · JSTOR · TWL) This entire article violates the principle of least astonishment, and there is no possible solution other than outright deletion. Why...

Daily Telegraph on Saturday afternoon and almost fell off my chair in astonishment. It had no "leaders" (the unsigned articles which represent the paper's...

AfD. --Nishkid64 21:24, 18 September 2006 (UTC) Delete Per all of the astonishment above . . . ScottW 23:31, 18 September 2006 (UTC) Delete as one of the...

be available in the history to work from), but the principle of least astonishment says "trains and railways" should point to "rail transport".—S Marshall...

Wikipedia:Ignore all rules Wikipedia:Manual of style Wikipedia:Principle of Some Astonishment Wikipedia:Queen Elizabeth slipped majestically into the water The serial...

personal filter, the resolution also mentions the "principle of least astonishment for the reader", which has in the past been invoked in such controversies...

censorship, but as someone has said, a matter of the "Principle of Least Astonishment". This is my opinion, you may do with it as you wish. However, the image...

in wikipedia first. not google or other search. i was a little bit in astonishment when i have found out that there is no article about TCNG. traffic shaping...

fun at cherished grammar and usage myths. Wikipedia:Principle of Some Astonishment Actually the next Humorous Signpost article. Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not...

viewer. It flies in the face of the WMF-board endorsed principle of least astonishment—no one expects to click on Commons' homepage to see a still image of...

allow third parties to do so be restricted; and the “principle of least astonishment” be elevated to policy status as a fundamental principle governing relationships...

"Principle of least astonishment" holds that the content of Wikipedia should only be made to 'astonish' the editor when such an astonishment is necessary to...

article on "sale" that would be where it should be, but quite to my astonishment no such article exists. January sales redirects (not entirely appropriately...

refers to a ship of that name. I think that under the principle of 'least astonishment' this should be disambiguated in some way and that my article is more...

forcefully against the man for the next fifteen minutes uninterrupted, to the astonishment of everyone. One of the founders of the DAP, Anton Drexler, reportedly...

have to be mentioned at the target of course per the principle of least astonishment. ErikHaugen (talk) 17:24, 10 September 2010 (UTC) I meant to say possibly...

2009 (UTC) If page A redirects to page B, then the Principle of least astonishment requires that the reader should find the topic given by the title of...

Figurative-art depictions vs. calligraphy Question 6 Principle of least astonishment Question 7 Image use in sources Question 8 Number of figurative images...

between supporting a possible search term today and creating future astonishment. I'm going to leave my !vote as it is because right now I care more about...

Campsite, which is more appropriate based on the principle of least astonishment. The creator of this article seems a little unclear on how to work with...

scriptum: The telecommunications-savvy reader might like to gaze in blank astonishment at the deletion log for backhoe fade. Uncle G (talk) 17:56, 7 August...

sourced enough to be mentioned in Of Machines, then the principle of least astonishment would have the former lead to the latter. --Jax 0677 (talk) 21:29, 4...

so, refer to or cite the actual debate. If not, we shouldn't express astonishment. Where do harvesters get it? Do they maintain farms of their own, just...

User Tony1's redundancy exercises and the Wikipedia:Principle of Some Astonishment. This technique not only leads to (slightly) shorter articles, but readability...

redirected to Excitebike 64 or Fear Effect: per the principle of least astonishment for readers, just because he's mentioned in the infobox of another article...

some typo and so a redirect to a D&D list may cause just as much WP:ASTONISHMENT as it does in helping, and so delete would seem to be a legitimate option...

few years of its history with one call sign. The principle of least astonishment should be considered when weighing decisions about such cases. In some...

piped links as transparent as possible and follow the principle of least astonishment. Do not use piped links to create "Easter egg" links that require the...

Spain is not important enough according to the reviewer!!! I am all astonishment. GinnevraDubois (talk) 14:34, 31 May 2017 (UTC) The difference is that...

FENS · JSTOR · TWL) This page was already previously deleted. To my astonishment, speedy was declined this time. There is no indication why or how the...

retailer that they were expecting. Following Wikipedia's principle of least astonishment, we should really not have a redirect. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 18:00...

Heh. Neal (talk) 00:38, 1 April 2008 (UTC). Keep (and exclamations of astonishment). What on earth is this doing on Afd? Even if sub has not heard of this...

the paper book (if viewd in so called "original format"). But to my astonishment I found that information in the original article that is referenced to...

new users, making it even more in violation of the principle of least astonishment." Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat...

the subspecies, as opposed to a synonym of the whole species, to avoid astonishment. Thanks for making the article, PrinceTortoise! The above discussion...

this to the article would be to miss the mark on the principle of least astonishment by miles. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 10:33, 22 May 2018 (UTC) Keep...

would already need an article about the next one after that. For extra astonishment, this is referenced exclusively to sources that are about the current...

both Jung and Hilgard get some coverage) per the principle of least astonishment. Alternatively, given that the merge is nontrivial, perhaps we could...

think it's the most appropriate per MoS, going by the principle of least astonishment. It's pretty rare for these to be called Iron Mike statues or Iron Mike...

(UTC) Because they're not the canonical bibcode (the principle of least astonishment applies), and old ones eventually gets deprecated. Headbomb {t · c ·...

sometimes the sophisticated rationales in an on-going dispute cause more astonishment than stress. But yeah, I am also a human I have spoken out of turn in...

to the point, I think that the "principle of least astonishment" is worthless. Least astonishment depends solely on individual prejudices. Some will be...

see Wikipedia talk:Guide to writing better articles/Principle of least astonishment for my reasoning. More recently, I was involved in a 3RR conflict with...

2016 (UTC) "Government by astonishment", what a lovely phrase. (And Wikipedia has its own Principle of least astonishment.) The story is told in Shah's...

process. I have regularly initiated AfD's that are at the end kept to my astonishment, and I wouldn't dream of renominating them without waiting at least six...

question that's really more of an emphatic statement "!?" --> expression of astonishment with an added questioning tone --71.111.194.50 (talk) 12:05, 29 September...

2022 (UTC) "apparently to general astonishment, Mu'izz al-Dawla raised al-Fadl to the caliphate". Why astonishment? The preceding para says that he was...

cast of various productions. I then did a Google news search and to my astonishment found lots of non-routine news stories about Quinton Flynn, for example:...

to WP:LINKING#Piped links: "(See also: Wikipedia:Principle of least astonishment)" Wikipedia:Manual of Style (capital letters) Added to lead section:...

is harmful, its handling should respect both the principle of least astonishment and the contributor's personal boundaries. As you say, the content in...

added the necessary hatnote to Melissa Scott. On the principle of least astonishment I've linked explicitly to the Gene Scott article rather than use the...

--Woggly 08:40, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC) But see Wikipedia talk:Principle of least astonishment for his most recent frothing. RickK 21:49, Jul 14, 2004 (UTC) Erm .....

from earlier hit the woman in the back. The third guy turns around (in astonishment?) sees the woman on the ground, then sees the first two guys. The first...

of the impression that the overwhelming majority, if not all, of the "astonishment" registered on this page is from Muslim editors. Statements hostile to...

22 March 2020 (UTC) Hullaballoo Wolfowitz, when you recover from the astonishment, perhaps you can tell us which WP:THREE sources provide in-depth, independent...

clear that I feel that the school is notable. I therefore, with great astonishment, find myself the first person in this debate to say Keep, though with...

call signs, dabs can be an appropriate short-term strategy to reduce astonishment. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 05:35, 4 July 2021 (UTC) Delete: Since...

Origen. This strongly affects the question of whether the path of least astonishment leads to Origen of Alexandria in this case. AlexTiefling (talk) 11:44...

5 September 2012 (UTC) That would go against the Principle of least astonishment. Cambalachero (talk) 19:38, 5 September 2012 (UTC) Comment - reading...

from this article. If this article is deleted, they would have more WP:ASTONISHment. ~Kvng (talk) 18:12, 17 March 2016 (UTC) Keep Wikipedia is intended to...

through e-mail is far from significant. Many readers express shock and astonishment that just anyone "could say [X] like that" and want one of our thousands...

Finally, it is an example of what some non-Amish view them. I'm all astonishment that this is actually for deletion. If I may be so bold, I believe that...

sufficient solid evidence to support my other article. We'll see). To my astonishment, he even suspects the credibility of Xinhua News Agency. You cannot provide...

22:36, 31 July 2011 (UTC) I think I am arguing the Principle of least astonishment. Anyone lookng for this page, for stuff on malls, is better taken to...

historical events of 1795]] …better complies with the WP:Principle of least astonishment; readers unfamiliar with Wikipedia can better anticipate what sort of...

undesirable"— transitory astonishment is preferable to permanent astonishment" - well, is there a proof that there is such "permanent astonishment"? So far I can...

vacuum (talk) 18:53, 4 September 2010 (UTC) I just found out—to my utter astonishment—that Unruh temperature receives an average of 271 page views a day. False...

as an external link, but never as a redirect. The principle of least astonishment applies - none of our users are expecting a redirect like this, they...

redirect to Mysophobia. I'll be happy to do the redirecting and address astonishment issues if we're in agreement? ErikHaugen (talk) 19:18, 4 March 2010 (UTC)...

have a problem with the other version. We're trying to minimize the astonishment, in some sense. - Dank (push to talk) 14:16, 27 January 2016 (UTC) If...

people going to the page via the redirect and potentially experiencing WP:ASTONISHment. Regards, SONIC678 02:12, 6 November 2021 (UTC) Retarget per Sonic678...

is not only not ideal, it is highly surprising, and has an anti-least-astonishment effect. Reading the section title for this conversation in the ToC, I...

" We need enough context in the DAB page itself to avoid too much WP:ASTONISHment for people looking for discussion of the exact phrase -- which currently...

argument both then and now. It would violate the principle of least astonishment to have Palantir lead to Palantir Technologies, and it would be confusing...

WP:RSURPRISEWP:RSURPRISE WP:RPLAWP:RPLA Wikipedia follows the "principle of least astonishment"; after following a redirect, the reader's first question is likely to...

Keep piped links as intuitive as possible. Per the principle of least astonishment, make sure that the reader knows what to expect when following a link...

identical titles in the Wikipedia namespace, such as principle of least astonishment, a "for... see..." at the top of the article helps, so having this as...

wrong in Lord Bell's world, well, I'm unable to respond except with astonishment. If I had worked there, I would have quit that day. If I were his client...

Note also WP:R#ASTONISH: "Wikipedia follows the "principle of least astonishment"; after following a redirect, the reader's first question is likely to...

consider before the text is up to standards. One respondent expressed astonishment that "there are even standards for how to write numbers in percentage...

August 2010 (UTC) I'll mention again the link to principle of least astonishment which explains why it is not ok to redirect without explaining the redirect...

add to such an article a redirect would fail the principle of least astonishment test, so even merge is unacceptable. ClickRick (talk) 12:16, 17 July...

are devoted solely to this mall?" In that AfD, you answered ... to my astonishment ... "None", I suppose, is the answer.." Epeefleche (talk) 20:00, 5 August...

languages he speaks fluently, and how his life as a polyglot has received astonishment by various cultures. His life as a polyglot is the unusual trait about...

is also unacceptable to me as a violation of our principle of least astonishment (in fact, Skrofler expresses confusion for this very reason at...

September 2023 (UTC) I'm not sure how to satisfy the principle of least astonishment here. It seems reasonable to assume that a person who knows they're looking...

bolded in the lead too, per MOS:BOLD: "To follow the "principle of least astonishment" after following a redirect, for terms in the first couple of paragraphs...

Wikimedia Foundation's board of trustees to follow the principle of least astonishment in image selection. In some cases, following these principles means providing...

and it was titled as such. And while the so-called "principle of least astonishment" can easily be applied to categories - Commons has a whole proliferation...

Bible) before embarking on a walking tour of rural Wales, much to the astonishment of the locals. Alansplodge (talk) 10:14, 18 April 2021 (UTC) Idries Shah...

moving the images below the fold and/or reducing the thumb size to reduce astonishment/Not safe for work issues. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:13, 30 August 2010 (UTC)...

template and each one is only used in one article. The principle of least astonishment: I've been here for almost 14 years and I was still thrown for a loop...

stats)     [ Closure: keep/delete ]  This redirect violates the Principle of least astonishment. Robert Holohan was a child who was killed in Ireland in 2005 (see [1]...

not be pleased to see at Wikipedia, and I don't want the outpouring of astonishment at this ill-conceived nomination to make contributors think they ought...

Style/Television Manual of Style/Writing about fiction Principle of Some Astonishment Use plain English WikiProject Film's police copy-editing essentials Writing...

from: remember, it's the principle of least astonishment, not the principle of not very much astonishment. BigNate37(T) 22:30, 25 August 2012 (UTC) Delete...

that there's not an obvious redirect target; the principle of least astonishment makes me think that a disambiguation page with quite an odd collection...

an exodus of people from Engineering won’t be long now. Our initial astonishment at the Board’s unwillingness to acknowledge and address this dysfunction...

half way down the fourth long paragraph, so IMO the principle of least astonishment is violated. No change of vote. Andrewa 20:45, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC) You've...

Latin to Your Own Advantage http://www.amazon.com/Amo-amas-amat-more-astonishment/dp/0061812498 So, I don't think that its usage is just a simple conjugation...

existing stub categories into smaller pieces). However, to my great astonishment, there also exists a project, or at least project page, called Wikipedia:WikiProject...

started from zero right before the observed timespan), the author's astonishment at the compound annual growth rates for both kinds of papers from 2002...

and {{category:Japanese-language surnames}} are piped links, only the "astonishment" surprises the editor instead of the reader. Wishing everyone safe, happy...

the wesite at the target; redirecting respects the principle of least astonishment. Needless to say, if the target is redeleted, this can be speedy deleted...

seem to be doing anyone any good, delete to avoid potential confusion/astonishment. Mdewman6 (talk) 01:37, 6 April 2022 (UTC) The above discussion is preserved...

discussion was sync to Wikipedia:Writing better articles#Principle of least astonishment. (non-admin closure) C F A 💬 19:38, 10 November 2024 (UTC)...

search bar clutter by now, plus they could possibly cause a plague of WP:ASTONISHMENT among our readers. Regards, SONIC678 22:53, 10 July 2022 (UTC) Delete:...

workers. I'd probably use the first option on the principle of least astonishment, i.e. I don't want anybody to think about the apostrophe.  Card Zero  (talk)...

this, as well as the meaning of "least astonishment" (see Wikipedia_talk:Follow_the_principle_of_least_astonishment) and clarification of how mandatory the...

team's current season isn't a problem, per se, but the principle of least astonishment says that it truly should link just to the team, not to a season article...

for deletion Rdr Justin Klein as Harmful Rdr per Principle of least astonishment: Original memorial list was deleted or merged to the target article,...

Wall Necropolis. Rusted AutoParts 00:39, 29 May 2021 (UTC) Keep To my astonishment Category:Burials in the United States by cemetery comprehends ~300 American...

besides violating WP:CRITERIA, WP:COMMONNAME, and the principle of least astonishment. It also violates WP:DICTIONARY with its ridiculously long list of information...

an exodus of people from Engineering won’t be long now. Our initial astonishment at the Board’s unwillingness to acknowledge and address this dysfunction...

early 2016, Betty occupied the Malheur Wildlife Refuge, much to the astonishment of editors wishing for biographies to flow sequentially. Upon the legalization...

this being a useful redirect, and could even indicate the potential for astonishment/confusion. Mdewman6 (talk) 01:03, 22 September 2022 (UTC) I kind of wonder...

mention of tar balls would need to be made on the page in order to avoid astonishment. Oil spill article would not be a good place for tarballs as it states...

(and could probably even do it myself). Applying the principle of least astonishment, we don't want our readers to click on a link and find themselves surprised...

WP:R#ASTONISH guideline, i.e. Wikipedia follows the "principle of least astonishment"; after following a redirect, the reader's first question is likely to...

Boots". See the Wikimedia resolution supporting the principle of least astonishment. --j⚛e deckertalk 18:53, 30 November 2012 (UTC) As I noted on the OTRS...

doesn't use the term veridical dream will fulfill the principle of least astonishment. I think it better to land on a potentially flawed article about the...

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débòt comes up without warning. What is it? (see Principle of least astonishment) Jwé is performed as an informal, social event This is a strange formulation...

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"Keep piped links as intuitive as possible. Per the principle of least astonishment, make sure that the reader knows what to expect when clicking on a link...

too ambiguous to point to their respective targets, likely leading to astonishment for many searchers. A similar redirect 8 nanometer was deleted per a...

-- {{u|Gtoffoletto}}  talk 18:48, 8 May 2020 (UTC) Principle of least astonishment. He is "Director of Global Security and Special Programs at To the Stars...

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Permastub Potential, not just current state Presentism Principle of Some Astonishment The problem with elegant variation Pro and con lists Printability Publicists...

consider before the text is up to standards. One respondent expressed astonishment that "there are even standards for how to write numbers in percentage...

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create Fresh produce as a redirect to Produce per WP:DIFFCAPS to avoid astonishment. Mdewman6 (talk) 18:39, 10 March 2022 (UTC) Follow Mdewman6's above suggestion...

editor censors herself Nothing funny about it. Essay: Principle of Some Astonishment Remind you of any Wikipedia articles? From the archives: Playing with...

stats)     [ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]  Delete per principle of least astonishment. This term has many more uses than referring to special category under...

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Generally in such cases hatnotes should be used to address ambiguity and astonishment, not parenthetical qualifiers added into the title. Unnecessary use of...

title, so such a redirect is likely to violate the principle of least astonishment. A disambiguation page could be considered if the Duolun Road statue...

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the actual content. Guy (Help!) 09:52, 28 February 2007 (UTC) To my astonishment, Checkuser has confirmed that User:Deszcz is not a sock of User:Serafin...

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work'. We follow what is sometimes described as a 'Principle of Least Astonishment' in determining whether an image is appropriate on a given Wikipedia...

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had reverted, of course, that would have indicated otherwise (to my astonishment), and I would not have reverted again, obviously, since that would go...

"News and Notes" on Signpost. It plays against the principle of least astonishment for that image to be front and centre of the page. Risker (talk) 00:08...

they are being taken to. This is in keeping with WP:Principle of least astonishment. I’d reserve links to years to especially notable years, such as a major...

issue with one about making "falafel"); words fail me to describe my astonishment at this level of ..." 3rd revert: 12:00, June 11, 2009 "Corrected vandalism...

controversial stand on the question at hand. I think the Principle of least astonishment should be our main concern. Bus stop (talk) 21:09, 18 February 2013 (UTC)...

know, "Great balls of fire!" is rather old-fashioned exclamation of astonishment (perhaps only in American English?). That's certainly its intended meaning...

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On the first point, I think we should consider the principle of least astonishment - what do readers expect to read in an article? I think that makes things...

clearly pejorative. Plus the "for people" violates WP:Principle of Some Astonishment: of course they're insults for people. Loki (talk) 04:00, 10 December...

Permastub Potential, not just current state Presentism Principle of Some Astonishment The problem with elegant variation Pro and con lists Printability Publicists...

and [2] the resolution doesn't actually state the principle of least astonishment it urges the community to implement. So, there is a bit of divination...

issues of streams/brooks/creeks not being rivers. Principle of least astonishment in these two regards. czar 10:44, 23 July 2016 (UTC) Alt rename all to...

pdf the initial feelings are one of amusement and astonishment that someone could come up with such breathtaking lies. All you seem...

Phantom II the "primary topic" for disambiguation purposes based on least astonishment. Snowmanradio, did you clean up anything pointing to F-4 that wasn't...

by Almostfm (talk)" 17:59, 5 July 2019 (UTC) "see "Principle_of_least_astonishment" Undid revision 904941987 by JustinTime55 (talk)" 17:54, 5 July 2019...

redirect should be pointing somewhere else (keeping the principle of least astonishment in mind), I do not see any need to change it. --Kralizec! (talk) 17:23...

seriously or as revenge... rather a very loose way of expressing ones astonishment at, what appeared at first - a very hasty and uncalled sudden deletion...

reconciliation, and I still appreciate those others who've tried to help, but my astonishment with Wikipedia in general is boundless. William P. Coleman (talk) 20:00...

2021 (UTC) Keep per MB. It's a broad-concept article, making ambiguity/astonishment less of a concern. -- Tamzin (she/they) | o toki tawa mi. 09:22, 23 June...

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of them are pointing to the correct article, the principle of least astonishment would have this move reverted. Unfortunately I cannot un-move the article...

acceptable change? We tend to govern our other pages by a 'principle of least astonishment'. If you go to penis, you expect to see a penis on the page. If you go...

some of the opposers; this says that "We support the principle of least astonishment: content of Wikimedia projects should be presented to readers in such...

new guy. The new guy reacts a little strongly. The community, to the astonishment of the new guy and any detached observers, rises up in defense of their...

for see also items that link to category pages, the principle of least astonishment suggests you make a distinction between the two types of see also links...

probably be moved to the Oceania section under the Principle of least astonishment, even though the international federation has put it in their Asia grouping...

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from their point of view, the hook went against the principle of least astonishment that good linking should adhere to. Or, if you prefer, WP:EASTER (yes...

(talk) 13:14, 6 March 2013 (UTC) Delete. Violates the principal of least astonishment, far more likely to confuse than enlighten. Siuenti (talk) 20:51, 5 March...

is pretty contrary to transparency and politeness, Principle of least astonishment, and ease of abuse, etc. as discussed on URL shortening. I'm pretty sure...

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opposing censorship, btw): "Principle of Least Astonishment 6.2) The "principle of least astonishment" articulated by the Wikimedia Foundation in this...

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was the victim and now I am being treated like the aggressor. The word astonishment does not do justice to express my disappointment. Furthermore I find...

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to be pretty safe.If there is any collateral damage, i will repent in astonishment.Geogre 13:54, 12 July 2006 (UTC) Administrator User:NihonjoeNihonjoe (talk ·...

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written down somewhere, we ought to be applying a Principle of Least Astonishment to potentially shocking or salacious content. We don't offend unless...

impossible to present all the evidence briefly and concisely (to my astonishment, Nathan has produced and summarised an extraordinary quantity of evidence...

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JoshuaZ 20:48, 21 September 2006 (UTC) Comment: J. R. Hercules expresses astonishment (and possibly suspicion and/or sarcasm) about three users who "singled...

authorities' registries only, roughly in line with the Principle of Least Astonishment. By clicking specifically on an aircraft registration, I would expect...

pdf the initial feelings are one of amusement and astonishment that someone could come up with such breathtaking lies. All you seem...

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be experienced. Gombrich himself, a student of Rahula, expressed his astonishment on Rahula's views on this; he found it to be a naive kind of epistemology...

after the proposal was created. Even another user has expressed his astonishment over this. In the interests of CM16 and Dylan, I request for this proposal...

My crime was restoring the sentence with a source, and to my great astonishment it was "correct" to count this as a revert according to the rules. Even...

22:18, 27 August 2016 (UTC) Comment: first of all I wish to state my astonishment at not being pinged when I was directly involved with one of the RfCs...

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some hints by saying "both WP:COMMONNAME and the principle of least astonishment come into play here". Even then, he says nothing about what is the most...

in New York's Capital District - look at it and you'll understand my astonishment). As for hippo43, he has been the equivalent of a fly at a picnic; I'm...

Wikipedia to find the article has come and gone on the mainpage. To my astonishment, I found that in a series of edits, Jalapenos with a little help from...

Earthquake which occurred March 11, 2011. Amazingly enough, and to the astonishment of worldwide seismotologists, Theodore White also accurately predicted...

the images used. There was no consensus for how the principle of least astonishment should apply to Muhammad. Thank you all for your participation and your...

comment was entirely reasonable. Yes, I was surprised struck dumb in astonishment at the angry response. I have never called a Wikipedian a motherfucker...

tautology of underground cave? I enjoyed your link on Principle of Some Astonishment. Leitmotiv (talk) 03:40, 15 January 2019 (UTC) FYI that's my essay (with...

earliest instead of oldest and newest goes against the principle of least astonishment. If there are any admins bold enough to right this UX wrong, MediaWiki:Histfirst...

frank and straightforward, but hardly uncivil, in my own view. To my astonishment, User:Ceoil replied to my first-time Talk page comment with a "Fuck You"...

you knew what the article is about. I think the "principle of least astonishment" is followed. DeCausa (talk) 16:13, 24 July 2022 (UTC) Open the Wikipedia...

Quest For Knowledge (talk) 21:33, 20 October 2014 (UTC) I stand by my astonishment. Can @Alanscottwalker: point me to some RfC closures by non-admin which...

seems like an outright WP:EASTEREGG. Don't we want the least possible astonishment? And is a Wiktionary box appropriate on a hard redirect?— Gorthian (talk)...

clay just like other editors on my own initiative [28]. My unutterable astonishment on finding – even while the target of a barrage of nonspecific allegations...

should not be tolerated. As for a page that lists "warnings" I confess to astonishment that such exists, much less appears to be being gamed. Jusdafax 13:21...

Pocketed 09:32, 26 July 2016 (UTC) I'd like to additionally register my astonishment and confusion with that bizarre statement, so: Say, what, now? They seem...

the hard work of a neutral volunteer, all I do is express my sincere astonishment at your continued residency here and continued possession of advanced...

edit. I have the same reaction to you as MastCell. Bewilderment and astonishment at the degree of gamesmanship and attempted wiki-litigation in your edits...

guideline on offensive material, and in particular the "principle of 'least astonishment'" treads the middle ground. Similarly prognostic information about diseases...

your ideas, the better. You may be interested in WP:Principle of Some Astonishment. Minkai(rawr!)(see where I screwed up) 15:53, 18 November 2021 (UTC)...

1.x range, if that's the range the bots inhabit. While I, to my own astonishment, recognized it as an internal IP, others might not have the same delusion...

relevant articles, which have been well within the "principle of least astonishment". Like I said to you previously, if someone is shocked by an image of...

it up, I'm gonna put a plug in here for my essay WP:Principle of some astonishment. I'm somewhat vain about it. EEng 04:36, 10 September 2017 (UTC) Move...

absurd (The BethNaught one in particularly had me shaking my head in astonishment over how petty and mean-minded I thought Andrew was being). It also does...

made two regular contributions to the discussion [193] [194]. E. To my astonishment, Sandbh reverted (removed) my second contribution [195], es stating Please...

to a list of categories or a portal. Invoking the principle of least astonishment, I think most readers would be astonished to find a link to a list of...

here. Good day. Snow let's rap 05:56, 1 July 2018 (UTC) <stares in mute astonishment> EEng 06:10, 1 July 2018 (UTC) Wow. FWIW, I'm pretty sure the rest of...

weird thing: I just thought this sounded like Larouche-type stuff. To my astonishment, this actually is one of Larouches' crackpot ideas:...

the people that since being allowed to edit wikipedia is a cause of astonishment, which means it "amazes" him due these "nuts" are still able to edit...

should go to something more introductory following the principle of least astonishment. I created one of those, not knowing of the others. In any case the introduction...

professor or their favorite artist, it violates the principle of least astonishment to have it redirect anywhere. But, once again, I see no merit in the...

more complicated than a OLD-PD license or permission involved. To my astonishment (and I swear I had no recollection of that until just now) on reviewing...

acknowledged to have been inappropriate and ill-advised. I can only express my astonishment at your apparent belief that WP:BOLD is about ignoring consensus and...

closers to make a short statement at that time (on the principle of least astonishment). - Dank (push to talk) 14:31, 24 January 2015 (UTC) Backlog at Wikipedia:Administrator...

NinjaRobotPirate regardless of that Guy (help!) 22:29, 22 March 2020 (UTC) * No astonishment was harmed in the closing of this thread. The following discussion is...

typed and not saved. Exasperation at this incident, and not a little astonishment, means contributing anything is likely to fuel something. I was aware...

08:14, 4 April 2016 (UTC) Anyone who hasn't had sufficient mouth-open-in-astonishment moments in their life would do well to spend five minutes reading our...

Wikipedia’s Gamergate article: [107]. I responded to the topic ban with wry astonishment, and with a query regarding its intended extent. Shortly afterward, Dreadstar...

refer to Indie Megabooth as a PAX event, and by the principle of least astonishment, that's where readers would expect to go. It's not mentioned at indie...

subject to UNDUE of course. EEng 19:33, 13 November 2016 (UTC) P.S. To my astonishment, it turns out RSs actually have covered his WP misbehavior! EEng 09:25...

the sources and come up with a compromise that would cause the least astonishment. In the discussion at Talk:Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia...

clear, there was absolutely no sarcasm in my questions. Bewilderment and astonishment, yes. Sarcasm, no. And you also misunderstand what he is doing on his...

have no desire to comment on that, nor on anything except to express astonishment, as some other Comment-makers have, at the implication that using a programme...

Arendt (talk) 09:29, 15 February 2012 (UTC) Oppose - and expressing some astonishment that anyone is even treating this seriously enough to support a return...

shocking. This edit defends the infamous Mengele "What Mengele noticed with astonishment and answered that such good work is new to him as in the most modern...

Foundation resolution[249] Very next post, claims (in edit summary) "the astonishment is general, not a function or religion"[250] yet the only known objection...

Wikipedia:Complete bollocks 1978 100 218 1455.78 162 Wikipedia:Principle of Some Astonishment 1457 76 323 1420.57 163 Wikipedia:Funding Wikipedia through advertisements...

controversial content, particularly following the principle of least astonishment as a Wikipedia guideline Listed 31 December 2011, archived 20 Janbuary...

through the cracks" onto the humour page would violate Principle of least astonishment. –xenotalk 23:30, 5 October 2022 (UTC) Delete all per nomination. —CX...

agendaAnti-LGBT rhetoric. Tweaking existing links is the way to avoid WP:ASTONISHment, which some !voters discussed in the prior RfD. Firefangledfeathers (talk)...

article only in a few special cases: To follow the "principle of least astonishment" after following a redirect, for terms in the first couple of paragraphs...

that a relatively gradual change generally causes less overall pain and astonishment than a revolutionary swing, which is often followed by a swing in the...

but that's only a problem if there's the potential for confusion or WP:ASTONISHment, which (unless there's another article that could be a plausible target)...

achieved by deleting this? A consistent look (see principle of least astonishment) and less infoboxes to maintain. We could convert {{Midland Metro stops}}...

23 January 2021 (UTC) There is an aspect of the principle of least astonishment, and it would be expected that if one went to a page about PornHub I...

don't censor Wikipedia, but we try to adhere to a 'Principle of Least Astonishment'. That is, material that under some circumstances might be considered...

herself woukd clear it up: "The atmosphere was generally one of stunned astonishment rather than festivity."Anythingyouwant (talk) 16:08, 11 May 2015 (UTC)...

PS Even in British English, it is 'humorous'. To my own considerable astonishment, I'm going to vote keep on this one after reading it. I think it is a...

would recommend against trying to do this per the principle of least astonishment. Readers expect clicking on an image to pull up the description page...

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the very least, the current destination fails the principle of least astonishment.) -- Tamzin (she/they) | o toki tawa mi. 05:55, 13 February 2021 (UTC)...

such redirects; thus the redirect should be kept per principle of least astonishment. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 13:55, 18 March 2012 (UTC) The above discussion...

a typo of Epitype (redirect to Holotype). Delete to avoid confusion/astonishment. Mdewman6 (talk) 06:44, 10 May 2022 (UTC) Relisted to generate a more...

rightness or wrongness of the position. It is simply a WP:Principle of least astonishment approach to what is normally described in reliable sources. jps (talk)...

find this specific information, which violates the principle of least astonishment (WP:ASTONISH). Notability of the Concept: The concept of "Occupied Palestinian...

established contact with the subject, and it has, to my utter humility and astonishment, turned into a friendship. We have visited on several occasions, and...

Thanks, Drmies (talk) 13:44, 24 May 2012 (UTC) The Principle of Least Astonishment really ought to apply here. There are certain articles where I would...

--Sarastro1 (talk) 20:12, 22 February 2012 (UTC) "as astonishing" should that astonishment be in quotes? Not sure it matters, but did so to be on the safe side...

20:37, 1 September 2016 (UTC) Delete Based on the principle of least astonishment, a reader should not be able to click on a link titled that reads "fag...

Foundation, controversial images should follow the principle of 'least astonishment' " WP:GRATUITOUS. I don't see any reason to limit films or videos or...

subcat of the 1st.. -at minimum needs tweaking as per Principle of least astonishment. Thanks.Mddkpp (talk) 13:06, 22 February 2012 (UTC) minor Note3 - there...

proper until an appeal is successful. -2015-08 The "principle of least astonishment" articulated by the Wikimedia Foundation in this resolution is one relevant...

surprise, at the target, is defined as avoiding the "Principle of least astonishment". That can happen in any namespace. Steel1943 (talk) 01:02, 24 January...

– Religious Enthusiasm in the New World Earl Lovelace – The Wine of Astonishment Ignatius of Loyola – The Autobiography of St. Ignatius Loyola; Martin...

to Rickrolling is fine, though I share with User:Moralis a sense of astonishment that this article exists. Xoloz (talk) 00:39, 3 April 2014 (UTC) Delete...

(talk) 14:54, 23 September 2021 (UTC) Retarget to Alice Wells to avoid WP:ASTONISHment, as is the precedent with stuff like Walt disneyWalt disney and John...

to as "the Royal Commission on Historic Monuments", but I see, to my astonishment, that "Historical" is the authorised wording. I have put in a redirect...

thought this was going pretty far; and she listened with increasing astonishment as the housekeeper added, “I have never known a cross word from him in...

2012 (UTC) Retarget to Supreme leader, to follow the principle of least astonishment. I often see the phrase used generically, and it is not clear to me that...

"Keep piped links as intuitive as possible. Per the principle of least astonishment, make sure that the reader knows what to expect when clicking on a link...

have the potential to be a content fork. Per the principle of least astonishment, eHealth redirecting to health informatics is less unusual than a collection...

readers without necessity. It is educational to use the principle of least astonishment. Additionally as nobody knows, how he really looked like, every picture...

good target for the lowercase form and create that redirect to avoid astonishment for those seeking the general concept. But I am not sure there is a single...

in CAPS. Retargeting to the dab would satisfy the principle of least astonishment. -- Tavix (talk) 15:32, 24 March 2016 (UTC) Retarget to No Name -- 70...

staring at them from their screen. This violates the principle of least astonishment. For that matter, Wikipedia's built-in search (the magnifying glass box...

years of Ottoman tradition"; "first former slave to gain legitimacy"; "astonishment of observors"; "breaking another atradition" Need a citation for "Since...

to an external site not under Wikipedia's control, principle of least astonishment seems to apply; 4) this should be a sitewide approach or at least tied...

20:52, 27 September 2012 (UTC) Support principle per principle of least astonishment. Noting that I found nothing wrong with the picture that started this...

possible because the reader does not see the wikitext (Principle of least astonishment). Moreover there is no need to link also [[record label]] because clicking...

19:02, 19 September 2020 (UTC) Delete as this will absolutely lead to WP:ASTONISHment. -2pou (talk) 19:16, 21 September 2020 (UTC) The above discussion is...

here to contact me 10:43, 3 April 2017 (UTC) Naturally, a surprise (or astonishment) - being a very unique state of mind, can't have a clear-cut definition...

have the option of standing and claiming not to be ready, but in his astonishment he waved his bat at the ball, got a nick and was taken by the jubilant...

include worthy images into an article, especially when you find --to your astonishment-- that the work has already been done by another uploader working in...

of a contradictory meaning, that are my concern. Principle of least astonishment and all that. DMacks (talk) 04:31, 19 July 2018 (UTC) A new parsing tool...

[EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 09:07, 8 June 2008 (UTC) The principle of least astonishment should preclude us from piping date-links to a non-obvious target. A...

material or to not including any material at all. (Principle of least astonishment is not that corollary because it's poorly worded and poorly focused)...

full length in front of my face so that the pole was horizontal. To my astonishment, the pole appeared to droop towards the ends, yet it was rigid and absolutely...

bound by the mainstream nature of Wikipedia and the principle of least astonishment to label and title articles about subjects that are generally considered...

but that's besides the point), and 3) therefore the principle of least astonishment indicates that it should redirect to COVID-19, not a generic "coronavirus...

autoconverting -- isn't wise because it violates the Principle of least astonishment. The real solution is to move to unicode, but as it looks like that's...

page that was only briefly a Rdr -- violates the principle of least astonishment, and in fact can create complete frustration on the part of the user:...

there's scientific debate if it is a real fear or not. Principle of least astonishment/surprise. And explaining that a series of irregular holes is what sets...

questionable. This, culminating with her linking to and then, to my astonishment, copying J. Smith's diatribe as a legitimate proposal, which indeed I...

a minority about this issue? Policies such as the principle of least astonishment give me hope that I am not, as do comments seen in this vote for redirect...

discussion/Log/2013 October 22#IPhone 6C. Per the principle of least astonishment. The iPhone article doesn't talk about the supposed next generation of...

talk) 05:39, 17 October 2015 (UTC) Support per the Principle of least astonishment, as long as the final recommendation is phrased as clearly as in the...

I marvel at the picture – that even credits me by name – but to my astonishment I find out that it has been uploaded with the notice "All rights reserved...

don't censor Wikipedia, but we try to adhere to a 'Principle of Least Astonishment'. That is, material that under some circumstances might be considered...

article, and so the current redirect violates the principle of least astonishment. Andrewa (talk) 03:06, 26 February 2012 (UTC) Hmm... and I guess that...

incompletely pictured, anyway, thus reducing the Principle of least astonishment violation from removal.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 22:12, 10...

simplification is a good idea. It conforms to the principle of least astonishment, because clicking the piped link ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]'' would...

should not usually point to different targets. Simple principle of least astonishment. However, we have to weigh that against any hypothetical historic use...

questions, we've combined them together. Under the principle of least astonishment, we've bolded the titles in each section so that when a reader clicks...

informed. Sure VE is the hardest User-experience related of all. Still, my astonishment is about the VE process going for 6 months into trial without true process...

agreement, dating to 2011. This has led to disputes and "principle of least astonishment" bewilderment (here, most recently), plus the obvious category-sorting...

disclaimer is indeed a logical consequence of the "principle of least astonishment" - good point! Of course, what this really means is that this "principle"...

highly intrigued by this subject and wanted to know more about it. to my astonishment i found absolutely no mention of it on wiki cuba articles, so i took...

WP:R#ASTONISHing. Mdewman6 (talk) 19:19, 1 September 2022 (UTC) The astonishment will wear off once they realize what the page is about! Jay 💬 02:23...

(talk) 01:55, 28 May 2020 (UTC) Academic career "Apparently in equal astonishment that Goff needed to think about the offer, Murray granted the time, following...

looking at Checklinks some are not even functional. I must also profess my astonishment that multiple people who have not edited in almost a year (and much longer)...

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and clicked the link (in the AFC template) to do WP:REFLINKS. To my astonishment I got a series of errors, eventually ending up at toolserver saying that...

31 July 2019 (UTC) "Discovered" at Wikipedia talk:Principle of Some Astonishment#Random thing I noticed when somebody accidentally "nested" italic marks...

categories within an article should be discouraged per the principle of least astonishment. I would support the idea of creating a guidelines for this as I find...

a piped link to "Peruvian cuisine". Per Wikipedia:Principle of least astonishment, there shouldn't be a great difference between the term linked and the...

choice, Strictly opt-in as second choice. Use the "principle of least astonishment", here - don't change the way a functioning system works without an extremely...

we follow it. It is the clear implication of the principle of least astonishment which one should generally follow. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 14:59...

names that aren't commonly used in English. It's the principle of least astonishment. If I get redirected to Wein, I'm going to be astonished. – Someguy0830...

dudhhrContribs 22:26, 25 May 2021 (UTC) Retarget per the principle of least astonishment. Note that there's a few userpages where the redirect would need to be...

Kyiv and Kolkata? The present situation follows the principle of least astonishment by placing articles at their most common name, and explaining variations...

the Hunter Region) and with consideration for the principle of least astonishment. In Australia, particularly in New South Wales where these places are...

aged 89 he was extremely secretive about his life and so it was some astonishment that I typed his father name Clarence Henry Willcock (I was not even...

through e-mail is far from significant. Many readers express shock and astonishment that just anyone "could say [X] like that" and want one of our thousands...

could only understand it (as oppose to speak it). It appears that their astonishment was due to the fact that they could not understand either of us no matter...

removing fluff from your writing and the Wikipedia:Principle of Some Astonishment. Following this advice will improve your article writing style, but it...

WP:ASTONISHment. Si Trew (talk) 06:34, 29 September 2015 (UTC) Delete I don't know what Si Trew is on about with multiple redirects and astonishment here...

18:09, 26 December 2018 (UTC) Retarget per nom and principle of least astonishment. It would be unfortunate if a link to Christian identity took the unsuspecting...

rather strange thing to do, and might go against the principle of least astonishment. The statement a = b + b in Python (and its equivalent in other procedural...

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even more routined with the process before applying for the tool. To my astonishment, the reply I received, broadly interpreted but in no uncertain terms...

checkuser finding showed that he may have been a sock of 172, to everyone's astonishment.) So I don't think the project concept would work if there are only two...

"staged". As regards the famous photo, it looks like Hillary is gasping in astonishment or something. When asked about that, she said she was merely covering...

Love (film) for the rather obvious reasons of consistency and lack of astonishment. Anyone looking for a film of that name should not get the right or wrong...

response from J.O.G. due to the violation of the principle of least astonishment caused by his Talk page response model. The other issues notwithstanding...

include the term "settler bus" it is a violation of our principle of least astonishment; normally I would say that this is cause for deletion, but based on Thryduulf's...

skill in transfiguring the abstract, with very good versatility and astonishment aimed at the research of an emotive project. The artist creates her characterized...

outrageous as "What case?"[428]. The tone of my questions betrays my astonishment, but I maintain that the comment is not a violation of WP:CIVIL or WP:NPA...

They're both ultimately acceptable methods, but principle of least astonishment says that we take people to articles rather than error messages whenever...

Assembly over time" the "over time" is redundant. See Principle of Some Astonishment (albeit the entire thing is quite lengthy, the "stating the obvious"...

it's messy, and virtually every sentence makes me raise my eyebrows in astonishment. It starts with telling who created the language and what for, and that...

practice which can be disregarded quite easily, whereas Principle of least astonishment is a fundamental principle of programming which if disregarded can seriously...

Deryck C. 11:10, 28 November 2019 (UTC) Delete Per the principle of least astonishment.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 12:08, 28 November 2019 (UTC) Delete. Seems to fall under...

for Herodotus? The wording will differ depending on translation. To my astonishment, Wikipedia actually has a standardised format for citing Herodotus, so...

links, text – has been a consistent adherence to the Principle of Least Astonishment: briefly, readers can be offended by stuff they encounter on Wikipedia...

"subdivision" for Canadian provinces completely violates the principle of least astonishment. When I first saw provinces or counties referred to as subdivisions,...

lift the ban. jps (talk) 13:53, 21 April 2015 (UTC) I have to plead astonishment that the committee would enact a topic ban "broadly construed" and then...

astigmatism astir to astonish astonished astonishes astonishing astonishingly astonishment to astound astounded astounding astoundingly astounds astraddle astral...

these general titles to that specific page might cause a bunch of WP:ASTONISHment and possibly reek of recentism. Regards, SONIC678 20:17, 21 November...

bulky size, this would be surprising." "Surprising" suggests a degree of astonishment, a feeling that may or may not be felt depending on who might learn this;...

here the surprise where you directed : "When the principle of least astonishment is successfully employed, information is understood by the reader without...

employement tribunal a decade ago. The heir to the throne expresses his astonishment at people reaching beyond their station. "What is wrong with people nowadays...

December 2009 (UTC) Privacy of voting at RfA? <Draws breathe sharply in astonishment>Beeblebrox, I was enjoying thinking I'd thought of that first. Tony (talk)...

—  Cliftonian (talk)  18:32, 1 July 2015 (UTC) De facto decision 'To the Governor's astonishment, he conceded...' Perhaps replace the pronoun with 'Beadle', just to be...

clear that I feel that the school is notable. I therefore, with great astonishment, find myself the first person in this debate to say Keep, though with...

policy compliant redirect; with 21 harmless transclusions and no hint of astonishment thereby.--John Cline (talk) 00:34, 22 April 2017 (UTC) The above discussion...

This is the best balance of preserving and serving users with least astonishment. czar 14:10, 25 August 2024 (UTC) Keep "gay cake case" for Lee v Ashers...

articles are covered by a topic ban; going by the principle of least astonishment, we should apply the same reasoning when defining areas where discretionary...

--WoohookittyWoohoo! 05:19, 11 May 2007 (UTC) Delete per the principle of least astonishment. I've never liked this level of freedom in linking in navigational templates...

"subdivision" for Canadian provinces completely violates the principle of least astonishment. When I first saw provinces or counties referred to as subdivisions,...

FENS · JSTOR · TWL) This entire article violates the principle of least astonishment, and there is no possible solution other than outright deletion. Why...

represented Trepp), but it got removed. Given the principle of least astonishment it's not an ideal situation. Preferably the legal career section can...

article to find in any encyclopedia, so violates the principle of "least astonishment". The article in question doesn't deal with any political views that...

relevant guideline here is not "correctness," but the principle of least astonishment: put the article where the average user is most likely to look for it...

to "LGBT culture", as it currently is, meets the principle of Least Astonishment. -- MelanieN (talk) 15:43, 25 May 2019 (UTC) Retarget with Possibilities...

was of the lying hypocrits ilk that opposed him. [44] [45] After my astonishment at this attack from someone I was trying to help wore off I wrote, then...

vocal tag, he had Ithaca living on a weird plane between hilarity and astonishment." Bream, Jon (2019-01-20). "Pick Six". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-05-14...

issue was minor enough and that the tweak might even cause unnecessary astonishment. So, it was decided not to roll out this tweak at this time - but it...

10:18, 28 February 2020 (UTC) Delete as violating the Principle of Least Astonishment. No one expects to search or click on "non-negotiable", usually associated...

finite volume but infinite surface area, then the principle of least astonishment would suggest naming the category Category:Solids with finite volume...

User:Jaakobou's conduct in articles and TalkPages has long been a source of astonishment. The damage he has done to articles is incalculable - leading others...

and having {{br}} redirect to {{break}} follows the principle of least astonishment. —howcheng {chat} 17:04, 18 January 2022 (UTC) Split off at 03:07, 11...

Wikimedia Foundation's board of trustees to follow the principle of least astonishment in image selection. In some cases, these closely related principles of...

redirect, but it shouldn't point to the current target (principle of least astonishment and all). --Rschen7754 04:24, 26 June 2015 (UTC) Delete - I'm sure "Intrastate"...

attributed to Busky, we have listed them. (See Carrite's statement of "astonishment" below.) In fact, anybody who looks at this history can see a proper...

the antithesis of the principle of least astonishment; sometimes it seems we strive for the most astonishment.) The key difference is that in most systems...

(UTC) Comment: clearly, Arb.com will not rule on this, I just note with astonishment that editors presume as WP:RS, a source which employ people like Giulio...

Xiao's books named "Buddha-remembrance Without Appearance" below. To my astonishment and delight, the author has such a huge collection of publications, and...

captivates audiences transforming them from a stand still to a state of astonishment when (The Musical Chemist) unleashes his crisp, clean scratches, juggling...

122): A very prominent maggid arrived in Eishyshok one day and, to his astonishment, was directed to the New Beth Midrash. Highly insulted, not to mention...

there's any specific policy on this, apart from the Principle of least astonishment, meaning that if it isn't wikilinked, you could ask why isn't it wikilinked...

Finally, it is an example of what some non-Amish view them. I'm all astonishment that this is actually for deletion. If I may be so bold, I believe that...

(talk) 21:00, 4 August 2013 (UTC) Yes. This is simple principle of least astonishment. There is no real reason that inexperienced editors would be using '''three...

add to such an article a redirect would fail the principle of least astonishment test, so even merge is unacceptable. ClickRick (talk) 12:16, 17 July...

right, not because we're letting them control the articles. Much to my astonishment, it does sometimes happen that government spokespeople make statements...

prove the usage as "encyclopedic" and follow the "principle of least astonishment" (see wmf:Resolution:Controversial content). Otherwise, I think omission...

Xiao's books named "Buddha-remembrance Without Appearance" below. To my astonishment and delight, the author has such a huge collection of publications, and...

articles or, come and take me away, foaming with indignation and utter astonishment to the nearest place of asylum. Tagishsimon (talk) 01:00, 14 February...

Brianboulton (talk) 22:23, 19 June 2012 (UTC) "Cosima records the conductor's astonishment on being informed." This would seem more logical, chronologically, earlier...

forcefully against the man for the next fifteen minutes uninterrupted, to the astonishment of everyone. One of the founders of the DAP, Anton Drexler, reportedly...

your assessment, which indicates one should use the "Principle of least astonishment". Since the term "living dinosaur" doesn't appear in any of the so-called...

to me that she intended it to be used in the far more common sense of astonishment, and I was frankly amazed that anyone would think it otherwise. Having...

The Slava had its main guns replaced during the war, and to universal astonishment, they could outrange the latest German dreadnoughts. . . . In 1916, the...

it would people looking for this album. Under the Principle of Least Astonishment, I think the best course of action is to delete. -- ShinmaWa(talk) 15:34...

readers to the disambiguation would seem to satisfy the principle of least astonishment. -- Tavix (talk) 03:04, 21 October 2016 (UTC) Retarget per Tavix. Tazerdadog...

from this article. If this article is deleted, they would have more WP:ASTONISHment. ~Kvng (talk) 18:12, 17 March 2016 (UTC) Keep Wikipedia is intended to...

insist. Kees08 (Talk) EEng will put us on Wikipedia:Principle of Some Astonishment Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:39, 10 October 2018 (UTC) through the blood, sweat...

had already responded to it with a suitable (I think) expression of astonishment. Coretheapple (talk) 12:19, 10 May 2014 (UTC) I did not object to the...

inaccurate smear pages used as reliable sources in Wikipedia... to the astonishment of this editor. It's true that some ofshoots are noisy enough to have...

it more easily. The two pages possibly could be merged to reduce WP:ASTONISHMENT ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 19:06, 9 November 2021 (UTC) Thank you...

highly intrigued by this subject and wanted to know more about it. to my astonishment i found absolutely no mention of it on wiki cuba articles, so i took...

" We need enough context in the DAB page itself to avoid too much WP:ASTONISHment for people looking for discussion of the exact phrase -- which currently...

Origen. This strongly affects the question of whether the path of least astonishment leads to Origen of Alexandria in this case. AlexTiefling (talk) 11:44...

{{Multiple issues}} template. It also follows the principle of least astonishment, since almost every other full article maintenance tag goes there. The...

August 2010 (UTC) I'll mention again the link to principle of least astonishment which explains why it is not ok to redirect without explaining the redirect...

not be pleased to see at Wikipedia, and I don't want the outpouring of astonishment at this ill-conceived nomination to make contributors think they ought...

18:18, 3 January 2011 (UTC) What about large bookstores' pages?? To my astonishment, big stores like Chapters, Indigo, Archambault, Walmart have Wikipages...

Latin to Your Own Advantage http://www.amazon.com/Amo-amas-amat-more-astonishment/dp/0061812498 So, I don't think that its usage is just a simple conjugation...

Heh. Neal (talk) 00:38, 1 April 2008 (UTC). Keep (and exclamations of astonishment). What on earth is this doing on Afd? Even if sub has not heard of this...

chocolates" linking considered harmful --> Wikipedia talk:Principle of least astonishment Wikipedia Lookups from IE or Mozilla --> Wikipedia talk:Searching Consensus...

hack it. Si Trew (talk) 09:28, 23 September 2016 (UTC) Actually, to my astonishment since I just threw that in as an example without even checking, we do...

added the necessary hatnote to Melissa Scott. On the principle of least astonishment I've linked explicitly to the Gene Scott article rather than use the...

series was never picked up for broadcast. Per User:EEng/Principle of Some Astonishment, we could credit our readers with intelligence and just say: The pilot...

reliable sources. Incidentally, this also reflects the principle of least astonishment as articulated in the board resolution on controversial content ("content...

article on "sale" that would be where it should be, but quite to my astonishment no such article exists. January sales redirects (not entirely appropriately...

target article, it becomes a harmful violation of our principle of least astonishment. If we cannot educate readers about a term, it should not be a redirect...

MIDoT to build it. Still giving a GA? For me, there should also be some astonishment from reading the article, and restating a map gives me none of it. Szmenderowiecki...

April 2006 (UTC) I'm not so sure that that's necessary. It's a matter of astonishment to most people that an alleged 'astrologer' should actually ask them...

to Rickrolling is fine, though I share with User:Moralis a sense of astonishment that this article exists. Xoloz (talk) 00:39, 3 April 2014 (UTC) Delete...

blocked for violating WP:NPOV, WP:SYNTH, and WP:OR. After he expressed his astonishment that people are blocked for violating these policies, the block reason...

the context determines which units are reasonable (Principle of least astonishment). For example, an article on London should give a travel distance in...

have to be mentioned at the target of course per the principle of least astonishment. ErikHaugen (talk) 17:24, 10 September 2010 (UTC) I meant to say possibly...

redirect to Mysophobia. I'll be happy to do the redirecting and address astonishment issues if we're in agreement? ErikHaugen (talk) 19:18, 4 March 2010 (UTC)...

new users, making it even more in violation of the principle of least astonishment. Danger (talk) 05:31, 3 November 2009 (UTC) The above discussion is preserved...

April 2010 (UTC) Concurred! Vranak (talk) 12:05, 3 April 2010 (UTC) Astonishment. As an example of this I find this line by E. Annie Proulx: "She fought...

that there's not an obvious redirect target; the principle of least astonishment makes me think that a disambiguation page with quite an odd collection...

favorite is, "There is research in mathematics?", with varying degrees of astonishment. Regardless, I wonder why people insist on perpetuating the false claim...

vacuum (talk) 18:53, 4 September 2010 (UTC) I just found out—to my utter astonishment—that Unruh temperature receives an average of 271 page views a day. False...

expressions of the form "What _____ is this?" (often expressive of surprise or astonishment) seems to be quite popular these days. "What sorcery is this?" and "What...

in wikipedia first. not google or other search. i was a little bit in astonishment when i have found out that there is no article about TCNG. traffic shaping...

22 March 2020 (UTC) Hullaballoo Wolfowitz, when you recover from the astonishment, perhaps you can tell us which WP:THREE sources provide in-depth, independent...

quo as the terms aren't synonymous. I think there's less likelihood of astonishment by a redirect to sex over BDSM. I don't buy the "expand into an article"...

Permastub Potential, not just current state Presentism Principle of Some Astonishment The problem with elegant variation Pro and con lists Printability Publicists...

instances where categories with more contents are not at the plain form. WP:ASTONISHment ; the discussion seemingly indicative that the animal eye structure is...

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amazed by the reviews this book has got from all these sites, that is an astonishment achievement by itself. As for the author paying for the memorial, "Good...

WP:R#ASTONISH guideline, i.e. Wikipedia follows the "principle of least astonishment"; after following a redirect, the reader's first question is likely to...

2009 (UTC) If page A redirects to page B, then the Principle of least astonishment requires that the reader should find the topic given by the title of...