Talk:If it ain't broke, don't fix it

Chesterton's Fence

A relevant touchstone is Chesterton's Fence:

There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, “I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.” To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: “If you don’t see the use of it, I certainly won’t let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it.

Particularly relevant when people start rethinking Core rules which were written many years ago by people who aren't around to explain why they wrote them like that. --Kevan (talk) 11:01, 4 April 2020 (UTC)