On 2/20/06, Death Phoenix originaldeathphoenix@gmail.com wrote:
While I don't agree with everything you're saying or the way you're saying it, you make one interesting point: if Jimbo just came right out now and said "You are only allowed to have this sort of userbox, and you are only allowed to have x amount of them", this userbox fiasco would come to an end: admins can go around deleting them and all the userbox defenders would have nothing (concrete) to say about it. Conversely, if Jimbo said "all userboxes are fine", the userbox defenders are free to keep their userboxes, the admins will know not to delete anything, and we'll all be fine.
I'm sure that part of the reason he hasn't is because he doesn't know what the right solution is, but the longer he waits, the longer this whole userbox fiasco's going to play out. But signs are really beginning to point to the fact that Jimbo will need to make an official decree about this whole mess.
I don't think it's a foregone conclusion that this situation will get worse without a decree from above. And it's not as if there is some obvious consensus about what to do. Any strong decision handed down is likely to have a fair number of people in disagreement.
Steve