[WikiEN-l] Userbox fads

[Philip Sandifer]

On Jan 4, 2006, at 10:52 PM, Geoff Burling wrote:
>
> * they misuse wikipedia's Fair Use guidelines
> * they enable zealots with similar POVs to find each other
> * they cause divisiveness
> * they are an unnecessary burden on the servers
> * there are Wikipedians who spend more time on Userboxes than on
> contributing to the rest of Wikipedia


You're missing a key one - the userbox project has become a poisonous  
pit that explicitly targets those who do not like userboxes, and it  
is actively fostering a crusade mentality. This is a systemic  
problem, not one of specific boxes. In short, the project itself  
needs to go.

-Phil