[WikiEN-l] CSD T1

[Mark Gallagher]

G'day Guy,

> On Mon, 15 May 2006 11:44:28 +0100, you wrote:
[This has been bothering me for a while.  Do you think you could maybe
change this to refer to the person you're talking to?  Sometimes it's
obvious --- like when you're replying to geni (sorry geni), or Yours
Truly, or a message that has stuck in the brain.  But often I'll have no
idea who said what.]
>> That doens't make them official.
> 
> It implies a degree of endorsement.  I don't see any problem with 
> emphasising the difference between those things which are encouraged 
> as helping the building of an encyclopaedia, from those which are 
> tolerated  but recognised as not doing so, and in some cases actively
>  impeding the process.

During the heyday of the userboxen, I saw people --- you may have, as 
well --- actually welcoming newbies with "and here are some Wikipedia 
templates you can use to decorate your userpage".  Couldn't have been 
less subtle if they'd tried to clobber us with one of the damn things.


-- 
Mark Gallagher
"What?  I can't hear you, I've got a banana on my head!"
- Danger Mouse


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