Name one.
writeing our article on 133t to start with
And we're going to have a 1337 Wikipedia in the near future? Or people who speak 1337 natively? Do we really need to divide users in their proficiency in 1337?
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.
... trains people in the use of templates in a not-too-good way. Then it degrades into general template mania. And then we have an article consisting of nothing but templates...
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.
We know that, but they might not. After all, admins have been made even though they have made only 100 useful edits at en. We might even have an admin who have made even less, based on the people who nominated and confirmed their adminship