Put Names and Dates On Documents

Anyone who has worked closely with me, or followed on social media [  ,  ], will have seen a post or comment to the effect of: Names and dates on docs. Every time. Don't forget. This is most often tacked onto design documents lacking inline attribution, and is phrased provocatively to make it sticky. Why do I care enough about this to be prescriptive — bordering on pushy — when colleagues accuse…