On 1/4/06, Peter Mackay peter.mackay@bigpond.com wrote:
From: wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Tony Sidaway
When the house is on fire, you don't hold a discussion.
We're talking about userboxes here. These are used by a few editors to display their pride in their beliefs and other personal aspects. Issues over images and copyright can be resolved. And so what if like-minded people try to collectivise their individual powers?
None of this amounts to an abuse of Wikipedia, nor is it "the house burning down", or "the sky falling down" or anything else. It's just normal human behaviour. If it makes editors happy, then smile and accept it as part of building a community.
What I'm concerned about is the attitude that seems to be taken by some in this discussion is that userbox users are somehow less worthy than other Wikipedians.
Have you taken a look at the article space edits of some of the loudest defenders of userboxes? Would you like getting lectured about consensus and Wikipedia policy by someone with 20 article edits? If someone isn't here to actually contribute to the encyclopedia, then I suppose they would be less worthy.
Carbonite