Forum:CT Archive/Possible amendments to user page policy and WP:NOT

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As seen here, there seems to be some contention over what is considered a violation of User page policy and WP:NOT, especially in relation to hot topics such as religion, politics and other thorny issues. This vote/discussion shall aim to clarify exactly how Wookieepedia shall deal with issues such as these on userpages.

=Userpages in general=

Option 1: If it's not Star Wars or Wookieepedia-related, it doesn't belong
This option would include prohibiting using your userpage for the following:


 * 1) "Extensive discussion not related to Star Wars/Wookieepedia"
 * 2) "Excessive personal information (more than a couple of pages) unrelated to Star Wars/Wookieepedia"
 * 3) "Extensive personal opinions on matters unrelated to Star Wars/Wookieepedia"
 * 4) "A weblog relating your non-Wookieepedia activities".

Support

 * 1)  StarNeptune Talk to me! 17:59, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 18:43, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) I like this idea. You can still tell a little about yourself and stuff you do, but it won't take up entire pages. 18:48, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) This is Wookieepedia, not a blog. Users could provide links to their blogs though. KEJ 20:16, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Ozzel 21:01, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments
I think I need more examples of what the other admins who'd be enforcing this think constitutes excessive or overly extensive non-Star Wars activities. Which other userpages would we have to shorten or delete? Which users have non-Star Wars content on their userpages which are still OK? &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 00:42, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * And you've just neatly summed up why this whole thing is a Bad Idea. -- Darth Culator  (Talk)(Kills) 01:30, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * And yet I agreed that a large portion of the user page that toched off the previous discussion should have been removed. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 03:17, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Option 2: Leave it as it is
Self-explanitory.

Support

 * 1) Darth Culator  (Talk)(Kills) 18:59, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) What the heck is "extensive"? What is "excessive"? What are our standards? How would this be enforced? How do we make sure enforcement is evenhanded? No, just let it be. Havac 23:00, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Cull Tremayne 00:02, 23 January 2007 (UTC) - Agree, although I think the userpage that brought this up was a whole different box of weasels.

Comments
=Religious/political affiliations= Should users be allowed to state their political and/or religious beliefs on their userpages?

Yes
Under this option, users could briefly write about their religion/politics, but doing so at length may violate WP:NOT.

Support

 * 1) Darth Culator  (Talk)(Kills) 18:59, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Havac 23:01, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Cull Tremayne 00:04, 23 January 2007 (UTC) - Boxes can't explain everything. Seriously, a paragraph or two of a description seems perfectly reasonable.
 * 4) Restricting people to custom userboxes only is a bit much. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 00:08, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.jpg|20px]] ( Audience Chamber ) 00:10, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes, in custom userbox form only
Under this option, users can express their belief in the form of custom userboxes only.

Support

 * 18:43, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 18:49, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

No, race, religion and politics have no place on this wiki
Self explanitory.

Support

 * 1) I don't see the need to flag that stuff on this wiki. KEJ 20:20, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments

 * I can see this getting out-of-hand too, but hopefully it won't ever come to that. 18:43, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I can't belive it has come to this, but given that bigotry and hatred is apparently stronger than tolerance and sympathy with fellow SW-fans, all non-SW related religio-political stuff should be abolished from this wiki in articles and on user pages. KEJ 20:24, 22 January 2007 (UTC)