On 2/24/06, Anthony DiPierro wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
On 2/24/06, MacGyverMagic/Mgm macgyvermagic@gmail.com wrote:
On 2/24/06, Anthony DiPierro wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
In any case, you didn't answer my question. You said that killing the user namespace would "instantly kill all the notes I keep on my wiki projects. And all the links I keep for easy access so I don't have to search to find stuff." But why can't your notes and links be kept in the project namespace? Surely doing that wouldn't cause thousands of random personal notes in the project space randomly edited by anyone who comes by. We're just talking about your notes. They aren't random, are they?
If anyone could edit the notes I am keeping they lose their value.
I guess you're one of the minority of users that has a protected user page? If so, I guess you have a point, though I thought even user pages were supposed to be editable by all, in theory.
They're structured the way they are because it's helpful to me. If
anyone
could edit them they soon become random because others don't necessarily
see
the logic behind the structure I'm using.
Mgm
Most user pages are already editable by anyone. Yet somehow people manage to not step all over each other. Funny how that works.
Anthony
That's the whole idea why I like userpages - somehow people don't trip each other up. Mine is not protected, yet few feel the urge to edit it. On the few rare occasions someone did, it was to fix some typos or to inform me an idea I had listed had been written. (And they were all kind enough to inform me) The fact it's a userpage which "belongs" to someone makes people a lot more considerate when editing someone's personal notes and sandboxes.
I don't see the same thing happening in any other namespace.
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. I don't like to go and suggest extreme ideas when less invasive things can be tried first. No doubt there's going to be people with different views.
Mgm