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: And no, they don't make the articles "more comfortable to read". One of the most common complaints I’ve heard about Hitchwiki when talking with other hitchhikers is that articles are overlong, have convoluted formatting, and require too much work to find the specific hitchhiking advice one needs. (The majority of people using the English Hitchwiki are non-native speakers who often read English only with effort.) When I write articles or edit other people's material, I try hard to ensure maximum conciseness. I'd encourage you and other editors to do the same. ''Don't'' "respect what other people have written" when it makes the article a mess. Revert or delete when you feel necessary, explain it on the user's talk page, and if there's an objection then consensus can be reached within the community. [[User:CRCulver|CRCulver]] ([[User talk:CRCulver|talk]]) 13:18, 14 January 2013 (CET)
In the end it is a matter of taste. I also know a lot of people that use hitchwiki and they complain about the uncharitable presentation. In my opinion it does not require too much work to find the information you search for as every page shows the content and if you want you can skip most of the text as the introduction, additional information etc. and f.e. just klick to "Going south" if you only need that. From my point of view a lot of material like long text or pictures show the passion of the people who wrote it. Of course some cities like Berlin have long articles that I also not read word after word, but especially for more "exotic" countries (what countries are in this definition is of course very subjektive) every information is interesting. Pictures for me are in first sense to give the user a feeling of this "traveling romantic" that might be the Nr.1 motivation for hitching and despite exact photos of the spot they can hardly be 100 percent connected to hitchhiking. And even this pictures can be defined as useless because most petrol stations looks pretty equal and if you follow the instructions you would find them anyway (perhaps).[[User:dorfdisco|dorfdisco]] ([[User talk:dorfdisco|talk]]) 13:39, 14 January 2013 (CET)
