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::Hi Irningston. Think about someone else coming in who wants to improve an article? First person writing just doesn't work so well on a wiki. It's common wiki sense to avoid it and there's definitely a consensus on this among active long-term editors. It's okay to add stories in a first person writing, as a specifically marked section of the page, e.g. as in [[Panama City]]. Otherwise it's much better to write in 3rd person and link to your user page (tip: write something on it :) [[User:Guaka|guaka]] ([[User talk:Guaka|talk]]) 02:23, 10 May 2013 (CEST)
:::But where's this consensus? I don't see any discussion or anything. Is it all happening on different user_talk pages? Or off-wiki? I expect more openness and transparency than just being told, "All the people who've been here a long time agree. Look, even the founder of the wiki will tell you so." Above, CRCulver complains of people who don't research Hitchwiki style, but there's literally no where to do that besides the articles themselves. [[User:Irningston|Irningston]] ([[User talk:Irningston|talk]]) 17:40, 10 May 2013 (CEST)
:::: The community of active editors is so small that consensus about things like this tend to play out through casual discussion among us instead of bureaucratic processes. Plus, many of the active editors have long experience in other wiki projects, so the prohibition of first-person writing is just so bloody obvious that the need to spell it out clearly for new editors hasn't been felt as much as it perhaps should. If you think that guidelines to help those new to the site are missing, perhaps you'd like to volunteer? [[User:CRCulver|CRCulver]] ([[User talk:CRCulver|talk]]) 17:03, 11 May 2013 (CEST)
