From: "Alphax (Wikipedia email)" alphasigmax@gmail.com
Nathan wrote:
I remember having an imposter with a weird unicode version of the first "N" in my username. In fact, it's my only imposter.
I think such usernames should be blocked too.
- Nathan (nathanrdotcom)
I think *your* username is innappropriate since you're spamming your URL in it.
Yeesh. Give him a break.
It's unobtrusive. It's a username, so it never appears in the main namespace. It's not a link, so it won't affect his site's pagerank.
And if you look at that site, _it's just a personal website,_ no different in kind from a Wikipedia user page.
On the spectrum from where co-opting Wikipedia for commercial gain is a ten and obnoxious self-promotion is a one, this is a zero. It's about as objectionable as using a username that happens to resemble one's email address.
Ilyanepatgmaildotcom
That'd be a mouthful.
Anyways, I'm think and hoping that Alphax was kidding
On 6/22/06, Daniel P. B. Smith wikipedia2006@dpbsmith.com wrote:
From: "Alphax (Wikipedia email)" alphasigmax@gmail.com
Nathan wrote:
I remember having an imposter with a weird unicode version of the first "N" in my username. In fact, it's my only imposter.
I think such usernames should be blocked too.
- Nathan (nathanrdotcom)
I think *your* username is innappropriate since you're spamming your URL in it.
Yeesh. Give him a break.
It's unobtrusive. It's a username, so it never appears in the main namespace. It's not a link, so it won't affect his site's pagerank.
And if you look at that site, _it's just a personal website,_ no different in kind from a Wikipedia user page.
On the spectrum from where co-opting Wikipedia for commercial gain is a ten and obnoxious self-promotion is a one, this is a zero. It's about as objectionable as using a username that happens to resemble one's email address. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
I had a friend who's email address was (let's call her Jane) janedotcodotuk@aol.co.uk.
And in Nathan's case, Nathan and Nathanr was already taken.
On 6/22/06, Ilya N. ilyanep@gmail.com wrote:
Ilyanepatgmaildotcom
That'd be a mouthful.
Anyways, I'm think and hoping that Alphax was kidding
On 6/22/06, Daniel P. B. Smith wikipedia2006@dpbsmith.com wrote:
From: "Alphax (Wikipedia email)" alphasigmax@gmail.com
Nathan wrote:
I remember having an imposter with a weird unicode version of the first "N" in my username. In fact, it's my only imposter.
I think such usernames should be blocked too.
- Nathan (nathanrdotcom)
I think *your* username is innappropriate since you're spamming your URL in it.
Yeesh. Give him a break.
It's unobtrusive. It's a username, so it never appears in the main namespace. It's not a link, so it won't affect his site's pagerank.
And if you look at that site, _it's just a personal website,_ no different in kind from a Wikipedia user page.
On the spectrum from where co-opting Wikipedia for commercial gain is a ten and obnoxious self-promotion is a one, this is a zero. It's about as objectionable as using a username that happens to resemble one's email address. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
-- ~Ilya N. (Now with 2% Juice) http://ilya.nepfamily.com (My website; DarkLordFoxx Media) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ilyanep (on Wikipedia) http://www.wheresgeorge.com - Track your money's travels. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
On 6/22/06, Will Sceptre Noble tintower@tintower.tk wrote:
I had a friend who's email address was (let's call her Jane) janedotcodotuk@aol.co.uk.
And in Nathan's case, Nathan and Nathanr was already taken.
And my user name (let's call it stevage) is also closely related to my domain name (let's call it stevage.com), but do I go telling everyone?
Steve
On 6/22/06, Daniel P. B. Smith wikipedia2006@dpbsmith.com wrote:
From: "Alphax (Wikipedia email)" alphasigmax@gmail.com
Nathan wrote:
I remember having an imposter with a weird unicode version of the first "N" in my username. In fact, it's my only imposter.
I think such usernames should be blocked too.
- Nathan (nathanrdotcom)
I think *your* username is innappropriate since you're spamming your URL in it.
Yeesh. Give him a break.
It's unobtrusive. It's a username, so it never appears in the main namespace. It's not a link, so it won't affect his site's pagerank.
And if you look at that site, _it's just a personal website,_ no different in kind from a Wikipedia user page.
On the spectrum from where co-opting Wikipedia for commercial gain is a ten and obnoxious self-promotion is a one, this is a zero. It's about as objectionable as using a username that happens to resemble one's email address. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Yes cut him ome slack. However " _it's just a personal website,_ no different in kind from a Wikipedia user page." is precisely the mindset that has led to such tiemwasting poinltess arguments in the past months. No. your userpage is not your personal webpage. You cannot write whatever you want, and anyone can touch it, you cannot cry foul if someone else edits it. It's not for furthering points of view, political agendas, etc.
Wikipedia's userpages are to organize your wikiwork. Period.
Pedro Sanchez wrote:
On 6/22/06, Daniel P. B. Smith wikipedia2006@dpbsmith.com wrote:
From: "Alphax (Wikipedia email)" alphasigmax@gmail.com
Nathan wrote:
I remember having an imposter with a weird unicode version of the first "N" in my username. In fact, it's my only imposter.
I think such usernames should be blocked too.
I think *your* username is innappropriate since you're spamming your URL in it.
Yeesh. Give him a break.
It's unobtrusive. It's a username, so it never appears in the main namespace. It's not a link, so it won't affect his site's pagerank.
And if you look at that site, _it's just a personal website,_ no different in kind from a Wikipedia user page.
On the spectrum from where co-opting Wikipedia for commercial gain is a ten and obnoxious self-promotion is a one, this is a zero. It's about as objectionable as using a username that happens to resemble one's email address.
Yes cut him ome slack. However " _it's just a personal website,_ no different in kind from a Wikipedia user page." is precisely the mindset that has led to such tiemwasting poinltess arguments in the past months. No. your userpage is not your personal webpage. You cannot write whatever you want, and anyone can touch it, you cannot cry foul if someone else edits it. It's not for furthering points of view, political agendas, etc.
Wikipedia's userpages are to organize your wikiwork. Period.
There are a few people around with the kind of anal mindset that would believe that. User pages are primarily for a person to tell us about himself. If it seems a little spammish at times, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. The way that a person manages his user page, and the kind of information that he puts there himself says more about that person's credibility than what others want to impose there.
Yes, anyone can edit these pages, but those who believe that politeness and Wikilove are important generally don't except to make minor changes like fixing broken links. So, please, rather than meddling with other people's user pages, try minding your own business.
Ec
What is spam Baby don't hurt me Or the wiki no more
What is spam Yeah Oh I don't know why I am banned I give you my spam across wiki-land So what is right and what is wrong gimme a sign
What is spam Baby don't hurt me...
What's spam got to do with it? What's spam but a second-hand promotion? What's spam got to do with it? Who needs an inbox when an inbox can get flooded?
-S
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What is spam Yeah Oh I don't know why I am banned I give you my spam across wiki-land So what is right and what is wrong gimme a sign
What is spam Baby don't hurt me...
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