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Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> Fri, 16 June 2017 20:51 UTC

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On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 08:49:11AM +1200, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> rare, and the distinction is a judgment call. But it disturbs me (mildly)
> that the phrase "Work in Progress" is occasionally used when it's
> manifestly untrue.

It isn't really.  The document in question was in progress when work
halted.  There's no way to know whether it'll ever be picked up again.

I don't really care about this, but I sort of hate opening important
procedural documents needlessly.

A

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