On 2/24/06, MacGyverMagic/Mgm macgyvermagic@gmail.com wrote:
On 2/24/06, Anthony DiPierro wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
I guess I just don't see what the functionality of userspace is in the first place, if not to be used by the user as an expression of themselves.
I also think what's more likely to happen, if people *really* insist on keeping their notes separate from everyone elses, is you'll see things like [[Wikipedia:Bob's notes]], not notes thrown into the article space. Someone doing what you claim you would do would quickly be banned.
Anthony
And if we get stuff like [[Wikipedia:Anthony's notes]], [[Wikipedia:Bob's notes]] and [[Wikipedia:MacGyverMagic's notes]] it would basically result in a massive shift of userspace material to the Wikipedia space. Userspaces can be useful in creating a community feeling as well as keeping notes. It's not to express yourself, that's not what Wikipedia is about. It's to create an identity for yourself so people feel comfortable working with you and for keeing project related material.
As soon as you state you are "against the right to bear firearms in the United States", you're going to get people on the defensive, especially when you start to edit gun-related articles. The same thing goes for "pro- or anti-abortion" and loads of other subjects. It's okay to show your interest in the subject, but as soon as you show your views you are using Wikipedia as a soapbox which it's not (see WP:NOT).
See, this is where I think saying that you're against the "right" to bear firearms in the US *is* creating an identity for yourself. I also think it facilitates working with people on gun-related articles, if indeed you are the type of person who's capable of working with others on gun-related articles in the first place.
Oh well. Whatever. I've had my say. I don't really care enough to talk about it further.
Anthony