On 1/4/06, Peter Mackay <peter.mackay(a)bigpond.com> wrote:
From:
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[mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Tony Sidaway
When the house is on fire, you don't hold a
discussion.
We're talking about userboxes here. These are used by a few editors to
display their pride in their beliefs and other personal aspects. Issues over
images and copyright can be resolved. And so what if like-minded people try
to collectivise their individual powers?
None of this amounts to an abuse of Wikipedia, nor is it "the house burning
down", or "the sky falling down" or anything else. It's just normal
human
behaviour. If it makes editors happy, then smile and accept it as part of
building a community.
What I'm concerned about is the attitude that seems to be taken by some in
this discussion is that userbox users are somehow less worthy than other
Wikipedians.
Have you taken a look at the article space edits of some of the
loudest defenders of userboxes? Would you like getting lectured about
consensus and Wikipedia policy by someone with 20 article edits? If
someone isn't here to actually contribute to the encyclopedia, then I
suppose they would be less worthy.
Carbonite