[WikiEN-l] The userbox fad

[Ryan Delaney]

On 1/4/06, Tony Sidaway <f.crdfa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The scope for abuse  of these userboxes has been amply demostrated.
> They fulfil no function useful to the encyclopedia that isn't done
> equally well by simply stating one's affiliations on one's user page.
> They must die.
>

You really ought to learn to pick your battles. Yes, some people do things
on Wikipedia that are less than entirely productive. But some of these
things boost community morale and connect people with each other in fun
ways. Yes, in an ideal world, we would spend all our time working on the
encyclopedia and doing nothing else. But tha door swings both ways. In that
world, you would spend all your time working on the encyclopedia, not
launching a crusade over trivial crap like this.

Ryan