HRWiki talk:User space

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Contents 1 Discusion of User Pages 2 User image 3 Easter eggs? 4 Mixed messages 5 Casually editing userpages 6 Username Policy 7 Uploaded images subpages

Discusion of User Pages

I may have read it wrong, but I don't think that our discussion pages have to be about Homestar Runner-realated material. It's kind of defeats the purpose. -- FireBird

i kinda agree anonmis contributor

User image

I know you can only have 1 user image, but can you have a second image for your sig?-- Benol, aka Coach B 16:43, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Easter eggs?

We cover secret pages here, but what about pages that are linked to from the userpage, but not visibly? Pages that serve no real use? What should be done with those? --11945 (^Talk/_Ctrbs) 22:26, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm guessing the user space rules do not really permit "Easter egg" pages. Note that it says:

The following uses are NOT allowed, and will be deleted if created.
...
pages that do not serve the project

This means that unless such a page serves the project, its creation is against this policy. Making one's user page into a game of sorts isn't really "serving" the project in any real way. You can get a free webspace to do that sort of thing. - Qermaq - (^T/C)  01:02, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Mixed messages

We've kind of got two conflicting messages being sent. In this edit, we say unequivocally, "You should not encourage to edit your user page, for any reason." Here on this page, we say, "In general, avoid editing another's user page without their permission, but feel free to correct any linking errors that might confuse readers. However, some users are fine with their user pages being edited, and may even have a note to that effect." ... and later, "Other users may edit pages in your user space, although in most cases it is done for a specific reason; casual editing of another's user page is discouraged." Now the context in the second sentence is elaborating the ways in which your page isn't your private, sovereign domain, but perhaps we can word these so that someone can't say "Well, it says here you can have a note encouraging people to edit, and there that you shouldn't!". The intent is that it's okay for people to correct typos here and there (and explicitly welcome that), but not okay to just say, "Hey everybody! This is the other Sandbox! Go nuts!" I'd suggest just removing the "However, some users..." sentence; if it's talking about typo correction it's redundant with the previous sentence, and if it's talking about anything bigger, it would seem our current POV doesn't really agree with such users. —AbdiViklas 00:00, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

I've moved and reworded those sections to bring them in line with our current practice, which could be summed up as "just don't unless you've got a compelling reason." — It's dot com 05:23, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Casually editing userpages

The new rule regarding that S-U-C-K, sucks. I'm sorry if that sounds extremely rude, but the only reason that the guestbook law got accepted is because admins and sysops got everyone thinking that they would be able to invite users to edit their userpage (or something like that). This is a Homestar Runner wiki, so why must you guys relentlessly make it as legalistic as possible? — Darth Katana X ( )

Users are invited and encouraged to utilize other users' user talk page for communication. -- Tom 06:06, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Katana, the guestbook situation was dealt with because users (not necessarily sysops) recognized a problem and took care of it. Furthermore, we don't try to make the wiki as legalistic as possible. In fact, I hate that we have rules about user pages and signatures and personal images. The vast majority of users, if left to themselves, would never abuse the system. Unfortunately, there are enough people who would (and have) abused the system that we have had to put some rules in place. Therefore, one could say we are as legalistic as necessary. Given that user pages are not and should not be the focus of this wiki, I think that ultimately the rules we have make this a better project overall. (By the way, if you have any doubt whether what you have typed "sounds extremely rude", then why not try phrasing it differently.) — It's dot com 13:02, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

OK, dude, I understand now. — Darth Katana X ( )

Username Policy

Do we have a page outlining user name selection policy? I thought we did but I don't see it here. It should be catted, linked here, and also from the intro/tour/stick, etc. --Stux 12:38, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

The username guidelines are at MediaWiki:Loginend, which is what you see when you're actually creating a username. — It's dot com 14:18, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Uploaded images subpages

I've noticed that several users have subpages featuring the images they've uploaded; in fact, I had one for a while. I'm now wondering if these pages should be removed in line with the user subpage guidelines, since they don't seem to directly serve the project. I understand that people want to keep track of the images they've uploaded as part of their contributions, but this information is already available (and automatically updated) in each user's upload log: [1]. Any thoughts on this? Trey56 01:17, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Any user page which duplicates existing wiki functions is definitely unneeded. - Qermaq - (^T/C)  01:25, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Even if those subpages don't fully duplicate the upload log, they should clearly be removed. I've been meaning to bring this up for a while now. Loafing 01:28, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

I've always felt they were unnecessary myself... --DorianGray 01:29, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

They aren't necessary, and they don't serve the project. Note that the latter is one of the criteria for subpages not to make. Heimstern Läufer 01:31, 7 May 2007 (UTC)