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==Preamble and motto==
Motto: '''Probitas laudatur et alget.''' ([[Juvenal]], ''Saitre I'', l. 740)
Preamble: Few phrases are heard as often in the hallways of Wiki-central than "VfD is broken." I submit that we almost all agree with that, and, if we don't, we will soon. However, once we get past complaining that VfD, like the [[alimentary canal]] smells and looks bad and has unsightly overflows, we stop speaking the same language with each other. Even before we get to "the answer is," we begin speaking dialects, then languages, that are incomprehensible to each other except for their tone. "My" proposal (inverted commas to be understood any time anyone refers to this as my proposal, even if it's me), first of all ''will not end VfD.'' It will, second of all, attempt to address the fundamental issue of scale that certain Wiki-admins see as a mathematical doom placed on the project at the moment of its conception. Third, it will not be a "Sysop power grab" (a phrase delightful in its nonsense but aggravating in its vehement repetition). Fourth, it won't take the community out of the community decision making, but, at the same time, it won't mean a single extra vote. Fifth, it will teach your dog to speak [[Linear B]].
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