On Thursday 08 April 2004 17:18, Erik Moeller wrote:
I deleted the
user page and subpage.
That was an overreaction, but justifiable. I still think we should get rid
of chess games on user pages as well to be consistent.
I think that use of user space should depend on users' contribution. If
someone contributed significantly to Wikipedia, they could use their user
space for whatever they like.
If you delete someone's WikiChess or WikiSex or whatever subpage, and they
simply continue in Talk, what then? What if someone opens an account for sole
purpose of creating his personal webpage? What if some people open accounts
with sole purpose of chatting on their talk pages? What if Wikipedia becomes
known as free web hosting place, where everyone can create webpage or chat
board? Delete all such pages? And all other user pages, just to be
consistent?
So, I think, if an user contributes significantly, there is nothing wrong in
allowing them to have WikiChess, or WikiSex, or WikiChat, or to host their
personal webpage in their user space. If an user doesn't contribute, and uses
user space for personal purposes, that should be deleted.