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-----Original Message----- From: wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org]On Behalf Of slimvirgin@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 2:40 PM To: English Wikipedia Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] The userbox fad
The user-box issue is the first time I've seen some of them act en masse. My point was that I'm glad we've seen it over a relatively minor issue (though I feel bad for the targets of it), because it might prompt some action before it gets to the point where they're dictating policy. Just because some of the user-box editors, if I can call them that, make few edits to the encyclopedia doesn't mean none do, or even that most don't, obviously.
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And relationships are being formed right now in the group of new-ish users that have been brought together over user boxes that will indeed result in attempts to shout policies through. Not to be melodramatic but I really think we're at a crossroads here.
The increase in usage has brought a lot of new users in, some of whom have been active in forum-like sites where participation and acceptable ways of communicating are much different.....