[WikiEN-l] The boundaries of OR (contd)

[Marc Riddell]

> From: Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net>
> Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:21:31 -0800
> To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] The boundaries of OR (contd)
> 
> David Gerard wrote:
> 
>> On 28/12/06, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> Every single thing you've said here is a reason not to act. Are you content
>>> with the way things are now as pertains to User Pages?
>>> 
>>> 
>> I am, actually. Mostly they're a very good indicator of what someone
>> is like *and* how seriously to take their contributions. Red-link user
>> page is one step above anonymous. Etc.
>> 
>> I could do with a few zillion less userboxes, but even those are
>> helpful, e.g. someone with 200 userboxes is probably a step or two
>> below anonymous.
>> 
> I agree.  How something is said on a user page can be more important
> than what is said.  A handful of user boxes that don't require scrolling
> to see them all can have a much higher impact.
> 
> A study of the psychology of user pages could be fascinating.
> 
> Ec

Ec,

Don't tempt me. :-)

Marc Riddell
> 
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