On Thursday 08 April 2004 17:18, Erik Moeller wrote:
I deleted the user page and subpage.
That was an overreaction, but justifiable. I still think we should get rid of chess games on user pages as well to be consistent.
I think that use of user space should depend on users' contribution. If someone contributed significantly to Wikipedia, they could use their user space for whatever they like.
If you delete someone's WikiChess or WikiSex or whatever subpage, and they simply continue in Talk, what then? What if someone opens an account for sole purpose of creating his personal webpage? What if some people open accounts with sole purpose of chatting on their talk pages? What if Wikipedia becomes known as free web hosting place, where everyone can create webpage or chat board? Delete all such pages? And all other user pages, just to be consistent?
So, I think, if an user contributes significantly, there is nothing wrong in allowing them to have WikiChess, or WikiSex, or WikiChat, or to host their personal webpage in their user space. If an user doesn't contribute, and uses user space for personal purposes, that should be deleted.