The message that he was here before I removed it was really ugly (green and dotted red?!) and adds nothing to the article... why does saying this article is listed on cleanup help the article? All articles are liable for improvement, whether they are on cleanup or not. Cleanup is a place is a place to go for people looking for articles to improve, not to tag bad articles. [[User:Pcb21|Pete/Pcb21]] [[User_talk:Pcb21|(talk)]] 20:18, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
:<strike>If you find it so useful to blank the cleanup page, can't you also find ''all'' the articles currently having the <cleanup> tag printout and remove the msg? You've been bold, but I'm tempted to revert. </strike>[[User:Sverdrup|— Sverdrup]] 20:44, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
::Sorry I didn't realise blank messages were displayed like that. I've removed the message from all pages in the article namespace that include the message, according to WhatLinksHere. [[User:Pcb21|Pete/Pcb21]] [[User_talk:Pcb21|(talk)]] 21:09, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
::::I'm rash at times. You've been bold, and that's good. You are probably right that WP:cleanup works much better than msg:cleanup. [[User:Sverdrup|— Sverdrup]] 21:10, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I don't really agree to your reasoning. Yes, most articles are open to improvement, but I think the ugly red/green thing provides extra incentive for people to improve the article so they can get rid of it. — [[User:Timwi|Timwi]] 17:32, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC)
:Well, I found it useful, and had to spend about 10 minutes looking around trying to find this when I wanted to insert it just now. I personally would like it restored. -- [[User:Seth Ilys|Seth Ilys]] 04:49, 19 Mar 2004 (UTC)
:Your reasoning shows that you are only thinking about the needs of editors, not of readers. The article namespace should be for readers. Editors have the luxury of the talk namespace. If such a message is restored, it should be used only on the talk page. [[User:Pcb21|Pete/Pcb21]] [[User_talk:Pcb21|(talk)]] 07:57, 19 Mar 2004 (UTC)
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