[WikiEN-l] Proposal on userbox disagreement

Wed Jan 4 04:54:30 UTC 2006

I'm not all of Wikipedia, and not everyone agrees with my personal
analysis.  I don't propose a poll; I do think we need to gague
consensus somehow.  How about a policy proposal, or a discussion at
the village pump?

SCZenz

On 1/3/06, Philip Sandifer <snowspinner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 3, 2006, at 9:16 PM, SCZenz wrote:
> >
> > 3. I've also heard (from Tony, I'm not sure if you've said it), that
> > many userboxes are being used for inappropriate vote-garnering.  If
> > that's true, we can darn well build a consensus to delete them.
>
>
> You just built it. Right there. You showed how they do not conform to
> Wikipedia's policy and purpose. Thus, assuming they do exist, they
> can be deleted freely. Because that's what consensus is - the
> conclusion of a sensible discussion.
>
> Or do you mean we can hold a stupid poll to delete them?
>
> -Phil
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