[WikiEN-l] Userboxes: A rational proposal

[Fred Bauder]

Not if it creates a bigger problem than it solves.

Fred

On Feb 19, 2006, at 4:07 AM, Steve Bennett wrote:

> On 2/19/06, Tony Sidaway <f.crdfa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pathoschild/Projects/Userboxes/ 
>> Policy
>>
>
> Hmm.
>
>
>> Although many editors would prefer that expression of POV be
>>
> discouraged on user pages, many others believe that bias is better
> declared.
>
> The more I think about it, the more I agree with the first. I find it
> harder to assume good faith when someone blatantly states their strong
> POV. Someone says "I am anti-abortion", then proceeds to edit pages
> pertaining to abortion - what are you going to assume? That he's there
> to fix typos?
>
> For the same reason that we don't allow strong POV usernames
> (AntiAbortionCrusader etc), shouldn't we discourage stating of POVs on
> userpages?
>
> Steve
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