Wikipedia talk:Drop the stick and back slowly away from the horse carcass

Whilst this seems to be common sense, I have seen this being used as an underhand way of someone saying 'I've won the debate, so piss off'. Perhaps not the most diplomatically phrased essay. Man from the Ministry (talk) 21:00, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Not designed to be diplomatic. But if someone is using it as a way of saying "I've won the debate, so piss off", then they are missing the point of the essay and they are falling foul of m:Don't be a dick, and should be pointed directly at the latter. Unless, of course, they have been provoked by a "I won", "No, I won", "No, I won", "NO, I won", "NO, I WON" style "debate". In that case, both parties are failing to drop the stick and back slowly away from the horse carcass and are being dicks. A horrible combination. ➔ REDVEЯS says: at the third stroke the time will be 21:36, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

The nutshell says: "If you are the only person left beating the horse after it has died..." Isn't the expression "flogging a dead horse", not "beating..." almost-instinct 11:56, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

If you're British or Australian, then "flogging" is the term. But for Americans, it's "beating". ➨ Ʀƹɗѵєɾϧ collects very sharp bread knives 13:59, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Ah! Learn something new everyday. Isn't WP marvellous? almost-instinct 20:51, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Love the essay. A suggested expansion would be "If you're not willing to drop the stick, don't worry! A nice man from the ArbCom will be along shortly to place it somewhere moist, warm and out of your reach." Ironholds 02:33, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Moving image

Moving images are a cause of problems for people with a variety of conditions, such as epilepsy, and reading disabilities, and are distracting to many more.

WCAG guideline 7.3 states with priority 2 that we should Until user agents allow users to freeze moving content, avoid movement in pages. This has been discussed previously at Animated Picture of the Day and Avoid movement in pages.

Such images should be used very sparingly, if at all, and then only when necessary in the context of an article. Accordingly, I removed the animated image from this essay; and, having been reverted, intend to do so again. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 21:06, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

(I also note that, far from the essay being "stable for quite some time", the image was only added on July, with only two intermediate edits since then). Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 21:13, 25 October 2008 (UTC)