From: "Alphax (Wikipedia email)" <alphasigmax(a)gmail.com> Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org> Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 01:14:34 +1030 To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Userbox fads Here's my solution to the userbox problem. Any "userbox" (aka. babel-like template) which does not - Inform the reader about the languages (human) that one can understand and edit in - Inform the reader about the languages (computer) that one is proficient in to some degree and can use those skills constructively towards editing - Inform the reader about what browser/operating system they use so that they can be consulted wrt. technical issues with the wiki - Inform the reader about what musical instruments they play so that Free music can be recorded for articles - Inform the reader about what WikiProjects they are part of so that other editors can consult them about articles related to that wikiproject should be deleted. WikiProject Userboxes should ensure that userboxes remain as things which are useful to other editors, in the task of building an encyclopedia. Such silly things as "This user is a dickbrain with no respect for consensus, policy, copyright issues, or the task of writing an encyclopedia" should be deleted, and the user banned for wasting everyone's time and bandwidth.