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== Avoiding an Rfc on kb limits ==
{{Archive top|There's a clear consensus to remove the estimated "readable prose size" kb equivalents from the table. As the discussion opener quotes below, [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment]] notes "Editors should try to resolve their issues before starting an RfC... If you can reach a consensus or have your questions answered through discussion, then there is no need to start an RfC". MS Word counts 6443 words in this discussion, plus 2710 in the dedicated [[Wikipedia_talk:Article_size#Removing_kb_limits|discussion above]] (though this includes signatures and timestamps, which aren't readable prose...). Further discussion will certainly take more time, but I don't expect it will change the outcome or improve this guideline. [[User:Ajpolino|Ajpolino]] ([[User talk:Ajpolino|talk]]) 20:17, 19 December 2023 (UTC)}}
"RfCs are time consuming, and editor time is valuable. Editors should try to resolve their issues before starting an RfC....If you can reach a consensus, then there is no need to start an RfC." User VQuakr wants an RFC on kb limits, and has said "We've got a guideline that has referenced kB of readable prose for well over a decade; more than a half-dozen editors' involvement is warranted before changing." My understanding is there have been more than 6 editors involved and many have spent time explaining why the kb limits should be removed. I start this new section to get as many people involved as possible, in the hope we can avoid an RfC, but if there are good arguments to open one, then fair enough. How do resolve this as efficiently as possible? [[User:Tpbradbury|Tom B]] ([[User talk:Tpbradbury|talk]]) 08:28, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
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:::::::::::(Whether and how to record archived links is a different subject, for a different page.) [[User:WhatamIdoing|WhatamIdoing]] ([[User talk:WhatamIdoing|talk]]) 22:24, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
::::::::::::The byte size itself a measure of article size. If what you mean is that it is an unreliable method of finding the prose size, that would be partially true, but byte size still correlates strongly with prose size. [[User:Onetwothreeip|Onetwothreeip]] ([[User talk:Onetwothreeip|talk]]) 10:10, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
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