[WikiEN-l] The userbox fad

[Ray Saintonge]

Kelly Martin wrote:

>On 1/3/06, Stan Shebs <shebs at apple.com> wrote:
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>
>>Somebody compared userboxes to bumper stickers, and I think it's very
>>apt. While we may dislike seeing cars covered with bumper stickers,
>>we don't (usually :-) ) try to pass laws regulating the number or
>>type of bumper stickers on a car, nor do we try to outlaw the
>>printing of bumper stickers.
>>    
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>There have actually been attempts to pass such laws, and in some cases
>they've even been passed.  Such laws are unconstitutional in the
>United States, however, and so they don't last.
>
>Wikipedia is not a free speech forum, however, and does not have to
>worry about restrictions on advertisement, personal promotion, etc.
>being found unconstitutional.
>
Maybe the bumper sticker analogy wasn't the best.  If you wan't to 
plaster your car completely over with bumper stickers, hey, it's still 
your car.  The graffiti on NewYork City subway cars might have been more 
to the point.

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