CZ Talk:Article-specific subpages

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Proofs Subpage

I just noticed the new "Proofs" subpage. I did a little searching on CZ and the forums, but coudn't find any discussion about this. Did I miss such a discussion? The description says: "For (mathematical) proofs which are neither suitable for the main article, nor a /Tutorial or /Student Level subpage". Is there some reason why a standard /Advanced subpage would not be suitable for such material? I understand that other types of material might be on an /Advanced subpage, while /Proofs is more specific, and so perhaps better. But it seems to me that some serious discussion should occur before this subpage is adopted across a wide range of pages. For instance, what is suitable for /Tutorial, what is suitable for /Student Level, what is suitable for a main article, and what does not fall under any of these?

Barry R. Smith 16:16, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

It seemed to me that the forum discussion you are referring to was intended for the "official" subpages, rather than the "Article-specific subpages". These (Article-specific subpages) seemed to me like they were supposed to be more organic in nature, with unwanted/unused ones simply never becoming "official"...and more popular ones eventually being discussed and adopted (or not).David Yamakuchi 00:03, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
See also this forum thread that followed this comment above. --Peter Schmitt 00:12, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
Yep, didn't even know that thread existed...I think I'm starting to see a pattern forming...--David Yamakuchi 01:00, 15 May 2010 (UTC)