Talk:Metacognition

Starting article on 'metacognition' for Jan '09 Write-a-Thon

Collaborators encouraged.

Regarding blockquotes

One hardly ever sees italicized blockquotes in books or articles. Larry has said we should not italicize them, as the blockquote template does.

One usually sees them indented, sometimes in smaller font size. I use code that calls for 0.99em, and gives three font faces in case a browser does not have the first one indicated.

I prefer 0.99em Comic Sans MS, as it sets the quote off distinctly from the main text. I employ blockquotes frequently in articles that I originate.

I wish I knew how to create a template for my code.

—Anthony.Sebastian 03:27, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

1. If you want to change the way blockquotes look, you need to argue for a system-wide change to the stylesheet, rather than doing it on individual articles. I'll keep on removing them until that point because it looks unprofessional to have a small subset of articles that have a different font design than the rest. You do not find in books and articles situations where most of the chapters look one way and the rest are in some wacky colour.

2. Comic Sans MS is the spawn of a particularly malevolent deity. It's awful, looks unprofessional and, and, and, well, there's so much to say about this particularly awful font. Ransom notes, irony and birthday invitations for the under 10 demographic are about the only real uses for it. In a scholarly article on philosophy? That's crazy. It's the only typeface where there are blog posts called things like Friends don't let friends use Comic Sans, I hate Comic Sans, Comic Sans is NOT okay, Comic Sans: The Font Everyone Loves To Hate, The Curse of Comic Sans etc. –Tom Morris 13:16, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Article needs content collaborators

I originated this article long ago, and work a little on it from time to time. It could benefit from content collaborators. —Anthony.Sebastian 03:34, 25 May 2010 (UTC)