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