Template talk:User windows

Userbox proposal - November 19, 2006
I'm quite sorry; I have just made a rather noobish mistake. In my extended absence (from which I have just recently returned), it seems a large number of consensus/voting type policies have been implemented. Shortly before becoming aware of this particular policy, I created Template:User osx. My apologies for side-stepping the voting process; I did not mean to do that. At the same time, it seems to me like it should be okay to leave the box up while the vote is in progress. I'm also perfectly willing to accept any well-deserved slaps on the wrist (if the userbox does need to be deleted while the vote is in progress, so be it). I also created appropriate categories… sorry again. Anyway, this template is simply copied from Wikipedia. – Aidje talk 09:45, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Nighthawk leader 05:53, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 06:16, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 1)  Yoshi  626  04:29, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) heh. I guess I should vote for my own template. – Aidje talk 19:57, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Support. jSarek 20:07, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Should we have a Windows too? —Xwing328 (Talk) 00:57, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Green Tentacle (Talk) 15:22, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.jpg|20px]] ( Audience Chamber ) 02:55, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 7) As long as we do the other two as well.  Orange_lightsaber  Villip 17:11, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 8) I agree with Orange Lightsaber.-- Darth Phonebook  00:09, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Comments
We should probably have Windows and Linux too so how about these? Green Tentacle (Talk) 15:23, 25 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Good idea, tentacle. -  Yoshi  626  22:50, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
 * If we've got one for Mac, why not for everything else? - N ighthawk L eader  [Holonet] 23:08, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Certainly. As you can see from my creation of categories, it was my intention to put these up for approval after the OS X one had passed. It's probably ok to throw them into the same vote, though. Are those copied from the Wikipedia templates? Cause I was thinking we could use those (I haven't looked at them on Wikipedia, though). – Aidje talk 01:47, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * No, the pictures are from Wikipedia but I just copied your template to keep them consistent. Green Tentacle (Talk) 09:11, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I would think it would be better to copy the templates entirely from Wikipedia in order to keep them consistent across wikis. – Aidje talk 06:26, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Maybe, but they mostly say "contributes using" rather than "runs" so I thought it'd be better to keep it consistent with yours. Plus, there's about a million versions of Linux ones and several versions for Windows (none of which use the proper logo, which I think looks nicer). Anyway, see for yourself here. Green Tentacle (Talk) 09:20, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, now that you mention it, there's a good reason that the boxes on Wikipedia don't use the 'proper' logo. Copyright violation. That's why they made their own logo, which evokes the actual logo. It's the same thing with the OS X box, actually. As for Tux, he's probably on a different license which would allow us to use him. Also, I do think it makes some amount of sense to have different templates for different versions and distros. Notice that the box I submitted is not for Mac, but for Mac OS X. Specific version, just as with Windows XP, Windows 3.1, Windows Vista, etc. There is value in denoting the specific version. I don't think, though, that we need as much variety as Wikipedia has as far as different box options for the same version of the same OS. – Aidje talk 07:08, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I doubt we need to get too specific. Macintosh, Windows, and Linux should be good without having to get into specific releases. And the logo isn't a copyright violation, see logo. —Xwing328 (Talk) 23:05, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * That's what I was thinking, otherwise we leave ourselves open to hundreds of different boxes for different versions and hardly anybody using each one. Green Tentacle (Talk) 12:55, 1 December 2006 (UTC)