[WikiEN-l] Getting rid of userpages

[Tony Sidaway]

On 2/22/06, Ben Lowe <ben.lowe at gmail.com> wrote:
> Not only would a number of users simply leave (the benefits and final
> ramifications of which I'm sure many people have many different opinions
> on), and not only would it generate bad press from the snickering Wikipedia
> Defeatists ("looks like Wikipedia can't allow everyone to edit it after
> all!"  You know that'd start showing up), but the remaining people who want
> user pages would do what [[User:Tony Sidaway]] has done, and simply
> userpagify their talk pages (That Tony Sidaway... always sticking it to the
> man! *;-)* ), bringing us back to square one.

Um :)

My talkification of my userpage (or was it the userfication of my talk
page?) came out of boredom with a completely useless talk page.  All
the interesting stuff is on the talk page, so why waste time
maintaining both?

Needless to say I make vastly more use of userspace than most Wikipedians.

Of course this isn't about self expression at all, but about its
reverse: uniformity and regimentation.  They must die.