[WikiEN-l] Userbox fads

[Alphax (Wikipedia email)]

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.

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Alphax - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Alphax
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