[WikiEN-l] Proposal on userbox disagreement

Wed Jan 4 14:25:22 UTC 2006

On 1/4/06, 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

Of course those of us who have been around for any length of time will
already have an unoficial list of those who would be likely to support
a certian position if we called on them. Userboxes don't work so well
for that since people we be able to spot the pattern.

--
geni