Thanks.  My point is to clear up the confusion.  I provide support to new users who have no idea what is going on and they spend all day communicating with experts so issues are seen differently.  What I see happening is that people are referencing outdated or incomplete Wiki entries and it is creating confusion.  Right now census means 2 or 3 insiders decide everything.  Generally the discussion are abruptly cut off in the middle of a discussion once the 2 or 3 insiders comment and make their decision.   If you argue you are a "troll " who is "wasting their time."

for instance, look at the wiki discussion of Bitcoin addresses:

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Address#Address_balances

several of these statements are confusing and they appear to contain editorial comments mixed in with fact similar to incorrect things always Luke-Jr says.  While you can't read the balance directly off the blockchain it can be calculated contrary to the way the Wiki describes it.  The discussion appears to be associated with luke-Jr's dislike of Blockchain.info so he makes all kinds of statements about Bitcoin addresses to try to make Blockchain.info look bad.

As for address reuse Bitcoin was designed so you can use different addresses for each transactions but some users have a specific purpose for address reuse.  People who claim Bitcoin was "meant" to be used one way or another are really inserting editorial comments and not fact and they treat Bitcoin like a religion.  It is a tool that can be used many different ways and not reusing address may be advisable under some circumstances but you can't make blanket statements like that.

If changes are made to the Wiki the same 2 or 3 people who run both the Wiki and Bitcoin.org deny any changes and keep their personal preference which, in this case, is wrong.  An argument ensued last week involving someone who pointed to the Wiki Bitcoin address definition and took it as fact.  Then you had people pointing to Bitcoin.org and claiming something different based on that description which is completely different.  

Also, several users are interested in changing their bitcoin.conf settings which is why I raised that issue.  The developers often raise the issue that users can change their settings.  the Wiki entry is outdated.  Now the developers (at least Gregory Maxwell) says having users edit the conf file will cause to many tech support issues and they say users should be using command line.  Many users never use command line but they may want to change their setting.  For instance, they may wish to connect only to a specific node to prevent their IP from being captured on sites such as blockchain.info.

I am no longer allowed to discuss this on Github because the one person who makes the decisions banned me from the entire site.  It is apparently the same person holding the sock puppet account who just labeled me a "troll"