Wikipedia:Spoons versus forks

When one item has the same format as another, but has fewer options or runs shorter, than that is called a "smaller spoon" not a fork.

On Wikipedia, a "spoon" is something that is similar to another and fits within the same general format without attempting to branch into a whole new direction. For years on Wikipedia, there has been talk of "content forks" or wp:POV forks, or worries about copying a template to extend it in some new, divergent direction. However, not everything that is copied, or similar in structure, is actually a true fork. In many cases, the operation is so similar, or the design of features is so close, that those cannot properly be called "forks" but rather, are spoons which follow the same general format or purpose.


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