[WikiEN-l] The userbox fad

[geni]

On 1/3/06, slimvirgin at gmail.com <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not talking about the user boxes, Ryan, I'm talking about users
> who treat Wikipedia as a social club and not an encyclopedia. The
> user-box issue is the first time I've seen some of them act en masse.
> My point was that I'm glad we've seen it over a relatively minor issue
> (though I feel bad for the targets of it), because it might prompt
> some action before it gets to the point where they're dictating
> policy. Just because some of the user-box editors, if I can call them
> that, make few edits to the encyclopedia doesn't mean none do, or even
> that most don't, obviously.
>
> Sarah

The problem is that wikipedia requires a certian level of social
interaction. Trying to draw lines in the sand tends not to work.


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geni