: If you think this essay says anything contrary to policy, guidelines or conventions, please let us know what it is.As I've noted before, I, for one, use it as a shorthand argument in RM discussions.  In theory I could copy/paste the entire thing into the RM discussion, or an abridged version of it, and thus I would have presented an argument based in policy,  guidelines and conventions.  But it's more efficient to just link to this essay, with the WP:UNDAB shortcut. Other essays are often linked via shortcuts like this as well, like WP:BRD and WP:JDLI.    2