Not only would a number of users simply leave (the benefits and final
ramifications of which I'm sure many people have many different opinions
on), and not only would it generate bad press from the snickering Wikipedia
Defeatists ("looks like Wikipedia can't allow everyone to edit it after
all!" You know that'd start showing up), but the remaining people who want
user pages would do what [[User:Tony Sidaway]] has done, and simply
userpagify their talk pages (That Tony Sidaway... always sticking it to the
man! *;-)* ), bringing us back to square one.
JDoorjam
On 2/18/06, David Alexander Russell <webmaster(a)davidarussell.co.uk> wrote:
What's the worst thing that could happen if we got rid of userpages
altogether? Wikipedia would grind to a halt because most of the users
would
probably leave. Not because they're hugely attached to their userpages,
but
because it would be a ringing endorsement of the conduct of certain admins
(deleting inflammatory userboxes without a policy for it, and then when
there IS a policy for it they abuse THAT, and block people who disagree
with
them, etcetera) in this whole userbox mess.
Cynical
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