[WikiEN-l] Userbox fads

Thu Jan 5 11:31:19 UTC 2006

On 1/5/06, Philip Sandifer <snowspinner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 4, 2006, at 10:52 PM, Geoff Burling wrote:
> >
> > * they misuse wikipedia's Fair Use guidelines
> > * they enable zealots with similar POVs to find each other
> > * they cause divisiveness
> > * they are an unnecessary burden on the servers
> > * there are Wikipedians who spend more time on Userboxes than on
> > contributing to the rest of Wikipedia
>
>
> You're missing a key one - the userbox project has become a poisonous
> pit that explicitly targets those who do not like userboxes, and it
> is actively fostering a crusade mentality. This is a systemic
> problem, not one of specific boxes. In short, the project itself
> needs to go.
>
> -Phil

They haven't targeted me yet.

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geni