On Jun 1, 2006, at 12:14 AM, MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:
Yes, in this world filled with ignorance and intolerance, proclaiming you're a satanist is probably going to get you a different reaction, but my point is that if Wikipedia wants to get anywhere near neutral we should treat anyone who can edit properly equally.
Yes, of course; and if you see an example of us not doing this, please bring it up. *This* *was* *not* *one*. A userbox is not a user. One of the troublesome things about userboxes (or any template that expresses a personal attribute) is that people often mistake them for the people themselves, and consider an edit to the template to be an attack on them, personally. This is an utterly understandable, but sad and troublesome *mistake*.
Please - put personal expression where it belongs - directly on your userpage.
Jesse Weinstein