On 2/17/06, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
I've suggested this on the workshop page of the Tony Sidaway RFAr (which is basically the AC case that had *better* deal conclusively with the userbox issue) and I present it here for your esteemed dissection.
I't won't it doesn't have enough coverage for that.
"The Arbcom recommends to Jimbo a declaration as policy:
- Rather than permitting all userboxes and disallowing only the worst
ones, policy shall follow the model on de: and move to certain userboxes being permitted and all others limited or forbidden.
- Userboxes for human languages spoken and for geographic location are
unlimited.
Are timezones geographic locations?
- A user may display three other userboxes, whether by template, page
transclusion, code substitution, image or other means. Other userboxes may be subject to deletion discussion on WP:TFD,
Define userbox. Three is excessive and I'm claiming interlectal property rights on the idea of multi issue userboxes (so no one can use it)
: except those susceptible to speedy deletion under T1."
T1 is an abuse of CSD.
Cutting the Gordian knot.
- de: has Babel and location only and has yet to collapse in user
civil war. I deliberately didn't include "and others per community consensus" as (a) purported "community consensus" going against the actual aims of the project was how we got into this mess;
I seem to recall it had something to do with a load of mass deletion reducing the posibilty of rational negotation.
(b) any attempted "community consensus" on the subject of userboxes has become a festering mess of sockpuppets, meatpuppets, getting the vote out, wheel warring, process-addict querulousness versus hipshooting IAR and several multi-volume fantasy epics' worth of flamewars.
Yes it has made AFD seem quite peacful by comparision. Quite an atchivement considering we appear to be being trolled by YTMND at the moment.
- The "or other means" takes care of the userbox warriors.
No it won't. Trust me on this. It will make their rule lawyering more entertaining though.
- Where you take bad userboxes to kill them is spelt out.
Userboxes are not killed. They are baked in an autocave then burried under a mountian along with outher high level waste.
-- geni