On 2/6/06, Tony Sidaway <f.crdfa(a)gmail.com> wrote:
We should do this. Really we should. For the
sake of the
encyclopedia these divisive things must die, and acquire a "shoot on
sight" status. The community is torn in two by their very presence,
and I fear that only a software feature preventing the use of
categories and templates in userspace would work now. If I want to
say that I'm available as a resource to those needing a speaker of
good French, passable Spanish and schoolboy Latin, I can create
wikiprojects for the purpose and add my name to them. The userbox is
a nice idea that, for the encyclopedia, has had absolutely hideous
consequences.
Likewise, if I want to express that I'm a muslim-hating far-right
Christian fundamentalist, I'll just create a wikiproject for that
purpose too...
I suspect that if the desire to express such things is there, taking
away a means to do it won't achieve much.
Steve
Technically speaking you could, but I would support an immediate blocking.
It would constitute baiting and refueling the fire over this debate, and
it's really not helpful to creating an encyclopedia to begin with.
Mgm