[WikiEN-l] userbox : insanity ?

[Sam Spade]

See

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Cool_Cat/Archive/2006/01#New_user_box

for an explanation for the mastrabating user box. It was ment to be a
disruptive, offensive insult, and is in no way indicative of a larger
trend toward increasingly unreasonable userboxes.

Sam Spade


On 1/6/06, Sam Spade <samspade.thomasjefferson at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Taking away peoples user boxes is pointless and disruptive. Admins who
> think they should defy consensus to delete peoples self labels are out
> of line. I understand that discussing mastrabation is in bad taste. So
> are ALOT of user pages. I have been very disturbed by users whose
> pages tell me they are into Satanism, are a "perverted trannfag", or
> have a giant che image or soviet star. The single most disruptive user
> page I know is this one:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Deeceevoice
>
> and it has no user boxes.
>
> If there are real objections, craft real policy to deal w them. Do not
> persecute a popular trend in a disruptive manner. That just reinforces
> rebellion and resentment against haughty admins.
>
> Sam Spade
>