geni wrote:
On 2/17/06, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
<snip>
"The
Arbcom recommends to Jimbo a declaration as policy:
* Rather than permitting all userboxes and disallowing only the worst
ones, policy shall follow the model on de: and move to certain
userboxes being permitted and all others limited or forbidden.
* Userboxes for human languages spoken and for geographic location are
unlimited.
Are timezones geographic locations?
Yes.
* A user may display three other userboxes,
whether by template, page
transclusion, code substitution, image or other means. Other userboxes
may be subject to deletion discussion on WP:TFD,
Define userbox. Three is excessive and I'm claiming interlectal
property rights on the idea of multi issue userboxes (so no one can
use it)
Can't, you released all rights to them under the GFDL as soon as you put
them on Wikipedia.
: except those
susceptible to speedy deletion under T1."
T1 is an abuse of CSD.
Get real. Jimbo hath spoken on thy matter, and polemic or inflamatory
templates are fair game, ie. can be shot during hunting season, which on
Wikipedia is always. A reminder that Dick Cheney is *not* invited to
edit... :)
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