On 1/8/06, W. Guy Finley <wgfinley(a)dynascope.com> wrote:
On 1/8/06 9:02 AM, "wikien-l-request(a)Wikipedia.org"
<wikien-l-request(a)Wikipedia.org> wrote:
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.
I could live with and support this.
--Guy (User:Wgfinley)
This is the kind of policy or statement that we need. Anything that wastes
time and valuable server resources (such as "This user considers himself to
be an expert player of Bridge") can be canned.
--
Ben Emmel
Wikipedia - User:Bratsche
bratsche1(a)gmail.com
"A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees."
-- William Blake