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)