The introduction is kind of hidden on the page, and clarifies the meaning of "model" in this context. Otherwise, GP is correct that "model" is often used to mean a supervised model, and that people generally call it "supervised learning", not "model-based learning".
I think the guideline exists because even as an honest question it does not add anything to the comment and at best an answer doesn't change anything and at worst it detracts from meaningful dialog.
One feature of this particular guideline is that it provides an alternative phrasing that is likely to avoid misinterpretation.
I hope you see the irony here considering how much you're derailing this conversation (I'm only responding because I realize your intentions are good). And I'm pretty confident my comment added plenty of value to the discussion - I realize sometimes tone is lost in text, but after my clarification I don't see why you need to harp on this. Anyway, original comment edited.