[WikiEN-l] Userboxes: A rational proposal

[Alphax (Wikipedia email)]

geni wrote:
> On 2/23/06, Steve Bennett <stevage at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>On 2/23/06, Steve Summit <scs at eskimo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I agree up, down, and sideways that factionalism is very, very
>>>bad for the project.  But given that it has begun to take root,
>>>and especially when one of the factional splits is between those
>>>for and against userboxes, it's not at all clear that rampant,
>>>heavyhanded deletion of userboxes (which are, after all, merely
>>>a symptom of the real problem) will automatically make things
>>>any better.
>>
>>Agree.  We should start out with statements of what the community
>>wants - "please don't create or use ideological userboxes, they upset
>>people".
> 
> 
> The evidence that the community wants that is somewhat patchy
> 

The evidence is overwhelmingly that the community (whoever the hell they
are) wants a free webhost and "blog buttons" [1] to plaster all over them.

[1] http://gtmcknight.com/buttons/

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