On 1/3/06, Ryan Delaney ryan.delaney@gmail.com wrote:
They certainly do less harm than this whole ordeal has. Some people just can't stand to have anything on Wikipedia that disagrees with their principles, and they're willing to go to war over it. This is a great example. The war is more damaging than the thing you're going to war over. We all should really just call it quits on this one.
These unproductive users cause harm every day on hundreds of talk pages and articles, editing carelessly, insulting people, looking for ways to cause trouble, coming back with sock puppets if blocked, getting friends from outside Wikipedia to join in revert wars. The user box issue is just the first time they've joined forces, and it's a good thing in a way that it's happening over this and not over some policy change they try to force through, which will happen soon enough if we don't get a grip.
Sarah