[WikiEN-l] Re: Proposal: make user pages uneditable

Thu Nov 4 22:10:01 UTC 2004

I don't really want to duplicate the discussion that's already on the 
talk page, but you only have to look at the history of [[User:Sannse]] 
and [[User:Theresa knott]] to see that we know /exactly/ what sort of 
vandalism goes on.  But I don't agree that this vandalism is a good 
reason to make pages generally uneditable by the majority of decent editors.

I acknowledge that there may be particular situations where protection 
is necessary, but this should be limited as much as possible - just as 
it is for articles.

--sannse

Rick wrote:
> Do you people not understand how much disgusting (pornographic, name-calling) vandalism goes on on User pages?  It's one of the main reasons for blocking anons.  The Talk page is for editing.  The User page is for a person's philosophy, who they are, what they are.  Why do you feel the need to do that?  What's wrong with just editing the Talk page and leaving the User page alone?
>  
> RickK
> 
> "KNOTT, T" <tknott at qcl.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> I suggest we regularly edit each others' user pages in an attempt to 
> break this bizarre perception of ownership.
> 
> -- Tim Starling
> 
> :I agree. I actively encourage people editing my (my? It's wikimedia's
> isn't it?) user page by stating a feel free to edit this page note on
> it. 
> 
> Theresa
> 
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