[WikiEN-l] kelvSYC's take on userboxes

[geni]

On 1/13/06, kelvSYC <kelvSYC at shaw.ca> wrote:
> Name one.
>

writeing our article on 133t to start with


> True, but if it doesn't help, it's as good as dead weight, right?
>

not really. Makes no odds one way or the other and trains people in
the use of templates.

> How about "admins by specialty" boxes?  "This user is a designated
> user blocker" sounds mighty useful...

Maybe but it makes no sense in the context of how adminship currently works.

> What would prevent someone, say, an admin, from rewriting this in
> userbox (albeit a large one) form...?  And if a block is appealed,
> what would prevent someone from writing their rebuttal in userbox form?

As a general rule userboxes are not used to comunicate on talk pages.

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geni