[WikiEN-l] User categories and the fear of becoming a social network

[David Gerard]

On 29/12/2007, Ned Scott <ned at nedscott.com> wrote:

> Like I said, a lot of these deletions are dead on, but we're also
> losing a lot of categories that were realistically usable. Should some
> be taken to DRV? Should a kind of "rationale" page be created to help
> avoid confusion? Are any of these categories realistically being used
> for social networking, or are we overreacting? Are babies in lurking
> in the bath water? Is it bath water in the first place? Green or
> yellow? Up or down? Paper or plastic?


It's A Tricky One. The trouble is when the fine line between "useful
for encyclopedic collaboration" and "social networking at best,
POV-pushing list at worst" is way too blurry.

I'm mindful of the de:wp answer, which was to allow *only* languages
and location in userboxes.


- d.