[WikiEN-l] Giving up on Problem users page

Wed Nov 12 20:01:52 UTC 2003

viajero at quilombo.nl wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>In recent weeks, I have contributed to several discussions on the Problem
>user page and I now have come to the conclusion that it is a thoroughly
>unsuitable mechanism for resolving issues between users. Whatever its
>original purpose was (dealing with vandalism I guess), it is now (also)
>used for airing complex grievances with other users about lack of
>neutrality, breaches of Wikiquette and so on. 
>
...(Much snipped)

Such a page should never be anything more than an index or directory to 
the problems.  Any one thing that gets there can easily generate such 
verbiage that it overwhelms the page.

Ec