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Q&A Is writing policy pages in a lighthearted manner harmful in any way?

The up side is more people might read the policy. The down side is that people might not take the policy seriously. They might think you are mocking policy documents. If the policy is to mean anyth...

posted 4y ago by Mark Baker‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Mark Baker‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar Mark Baker‭ · 2020-06-26T02:22:15Z (over 4 years ago)
The up side is more people might read the policy. 

The down side is that people might not take the policy seriously. They might think you are mocking policy documents.

If the policy is to mean anything, though, you may one day have to cite it in an enforcement action. Do you want to be citing a joke about dragons during a policy enforcement action?