[WikiEN-l] Re: Madchester's wrongful blocking (user: shultz) (ip: 68.102.193.78.)

[Sam Korn]

On 10/31/05, Timwi <timwi at gmx.net> wrote:
> No, it isn't. People should stop thinking that. Your User talk page is
> not your personal inbox where you can press 'Del' to get rid of
> something you don't like. It is a place where people can leave you
> public(!) messages, and they should stay there.
>
> Your User page is slightly more like your "home": Here you can have a
> say in what DOESN'T go on it. However, even there you're still not free
> to put anything to offend/annoy/irritate/insult other users, hurt the
> project, or engage in anything illegal. Therefore, everyone has the
> right to remove any such things from your User page, and you can't
> really compare that with trespassing into your home.
>
> Timwi

I too have to disagree with you here, Timwi.  Your user talk page is
your personal inbox.  It is a place where other users can leave you
public messages.  All you are required to do is to see them.  What you
then do with them is entirely up to you.  As long as you don't delete
them fully and permanently (i.e. be an admin and delete the individual
comment) then that's OK.  Thus it is not against policy to blank talk
pages, even if it isn't positively disliked.  A user has basically got
the right to remove things if they so want, as many times as they
want, but they should nevertheless be mindful of how this appears to
everyone else, which is the crux as usual.

Sam